The Indo-Pacific’s democracies face a systemic threat transcending military domains through the weaponization of synthetic reality. State adversaries can now leverage AI-driven disinformation to destabilize elections, inflame social tensions and paralyze crisis response, directly challenging the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific. The current tactical focus on detecting individual deepfakes is an inadequate response […]The post Quad should build cognitive shield against AI deepfakes appeared first on Asia Times.