Published on, Sept. 27 -- September 27, 2025 10:37 AM

We all want to make sense of the world around us-whether it's understanding the war in Gaza, the state of our healthcare system, or even changes to a bus route that affect our daily lives. For that, we rely on news we can trust. But today, trust is under threat like never before.

Artificial intelligence now produces information so convincingly that it blurs the line between truth and fabrication. Astonishing clips and viral stories spread rapidly across feeds, but what's real and what's AI-made is increasingly difficult to tell. And when people can't agree on what's true, conspiracy theories grow, societies polarize, and democracy itself is weakened.

Original research by the BBC thi...