AI-generated content standards

Seeing is no longer believing. As of February 2026, the UK government is officially sounding the alarm on a digital epidemic that’s spiraling out of control. Over 8 million deepfakes flooded the internet last year alone. That is a massive jump from the mere half-million we saw in 2023. To fight back, Britain is teaming up with Microsoft and top-tier academics to build a “detection evaluation framework.” It sounds technical, but the goal is simple: create a benchmark that actually works in the real world. They want to know exactly which tools can spot a fake and which ones are…