Deepfake Provenance in Evidentiary Contexts: A Technical Note on Verification Failure Modes

Authors

  • Feliks Gawlikowski Centre for Digital Provenance, Bory Tucholskie Institute for Future Science, Tuchola, Poland Author
  • Beibhinn Comerford Department of Applied Cryptography, Nephin Centre for Anticipatory Research, Castlebar, Ireland Author
  • Celestino Sartorelli Centre for Systemic Risk, Gennargentu Institute for Future Science, Lanusei, Italy Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22676865

Keywords:

Deepfake Provenance in Evidentiary Contexts; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in deepfake provenance in evidentiary contexts right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for deepfake provenance in evidentiary contexts, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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