Axios

Michael Zapata, whose 2020 novel "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau" was praised as a crucial work in the growing Latinofuturism movement, has won the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature.

The big picture: The prize was given by musicians Alyssa and Douglas Graham to help "an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibilities for American writing."

Photos, videos and audio — once courtroom gold — are becoming less reliable as deepfakes spread, digital forensics experts warn.

Why it matters: Courts can't keep up, and there aren't enough forensic analysts to verify AI-faked evidence.