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7 papers

cs.CY2026

Can Humans Tell? A Dual-Axis Study of Human Perception of LLM-Generated News

Alexander Loth, Martin Kappes, Marc-Oliver Pahl

Can humans tell whether a news article was written by a person or a large language model (LLM)? We investigate this question using JudgeGPT, a study platform that independently mea…

cs.IR2026

CRED-1: An Open Multi-Signal Domain Credibility Dataset for Automated Pre-Bunking of Online Misinformation

Alexander Loth, Martin Kappes, Marc-Oliver Pahl

This article presents CRED-1, an open, reproducible domain-level credibility dataset combining two openly-licensed source lists (OpenSources.co and Iffy.news) with four computed en…

cs.CY2026

Eroding the Truth-Default: A Causal Analysis of Human Susceptibility to Foundation Model Hallucinations and Disinformation in the Wild

Alexander Loth, Martin Kappes, Marc-Oliver Pahl

As foundation models (FMs) approach human-level fluency, distinguishing synthetic from organic content has become a key challenge for Trustworthy Web Intelligence. This paper prese…

cs.CY2026

Industrialized Deception: The Collateral Effects of LLM-Generated Misinformation on Digital Ecosystems

Alexander Loth, Martin Kappes, Marc-Oliver Pahl

Generative AI and misinformation research has evolved since our 2024 survey. This paper presents an updated perspective, transitioning from literature review to practical counterme…

cs.CR2026

Origin Lens: A Privacy-First Mobile Framework for Cryptographic Image Provenance and AI Detection

Alexander Loth, Dominique Conceicao Rosario, Peter Ebinger +2

The proliferation of generative AI poses challenges for information integrity assurance, requiring systems that connect model governance with end-user verification. We present Orig…

cs.CY2026

The Verification Crisis: Expert Perceptions of GenAI Disinformation and the Case for Reproducible Provenance

Alexander Loth, Martin Kappes, Marc-Oliver Pahl

The growth of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has shifted disinformation production from manual fabrication to automated, large-scale manipulation. This article presents…