Abstract

Synthetic content, which moves virally across the web, has created concerns about its impact on information saturation, online data authenticity, and originality. This study mainly focused on the synthetic content generated by AI on user credibility. It also examines the challenges and ethical concerns arising from the vast usage of synthetic content, while introducing different methods for detecting and combating its spread. The research also focuses on case studies of how new technologies handle synthetic content on the web and their effect on online networks. The paper ends with a survey on new technologies and predictions regarding the growth of synthetic content on the internet.

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