US State Department awards contract for digital identity assurance and deepfake detection

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The U.S. State Department awarded facial recognition developer Paravision a contract worth up to $6.5 million for digital detection and identity assurance, with an initial obligation of $1.3 million on September 23, 2026. The contract runs through September 2031 and likely includes deepfake detection, liveness detection, or facial recognition capabilities, though the public record does not specify which technologies are included.