@article{authenticitydebtandthesyntheticcontentth, title = {Authenticity Debt and the Synthetic Content Threat Landscape: A Layered Framework for Trust, Provenance, and IP Governance in the Generative AI Era}, author = {Shubhashis Sengupta and Benjamin McCarty and Milind Savagaonkar and Rhine Andotra}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.00621}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.00621}, }