The Verification Crisis: Expert Perceptions of GenAI Disinformation and the Case for Reproducible Provenance
arXiv:2602.02100v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The growth of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has shifted disinformation production from manual fabrication to automated, large-scale manipulation. This article presents findings from the first wave of a longitudinal expert perception survey (N=21) involving AI researchers, policymakers, and disinformation specialists. It examines the perceived severity of multimodal threats -- text, image, audio, and video -- and evaluates cu…