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Influence of AI-Generated Deepfakes and Synthetic Media on Scientific and Public Consensus: A Case Study of Taraba State, Nigeria
Artificial-intelligence tools capable of producing photorealistic deepfakes and manipulated scientific or health imagery have advanced faster than the institutional, educational, and regulatory mechanisms meant to detect them, raising the question of how such synthetic content shapes scientific and public consensus. This paper offers a structured narrative synthesis of scholarship spanning 2014 to 2026, drawing particular attention to sources from 2020 through 2026, examining how deepfakes and synthetic media influence trust, consensus acceptance, and unaided human detection ability, and situa…
