, March 7 -- Not long ago, the Covid-19 pandemic gave rise to armchair health experts, referring to ordinary individuals without relevant credentials sharing scientific information and health advice on social media.

We also saw a rise in fake news, which is disinformation, intentionally spreading false information online.

AI enables the deliberate generation of false content. The rapid advancement and access to generative AI raises new concerns about privacy, identity theft, misinformation and disinformation.

Deepfakes use a person's likeness to mislead others by using fabricated information through superimposing or replacing elements within videos, images or voice to make them appear real but depict events or scenarios that did not oc...