New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday warned against deepfakes and misinformation while outlining AI's potential to highlight threats to democratic discourse and the need for ethical AI. In his keynote address at the "AI for Democracy" special session of the India AI Impact Summit in Bharat Mandapam, Birla said misinformation poses "serious threats to democracy" and stressed that AI must be used to "strengthen truth and credibility, not to distort or suppress facts," calling for robust safeguards alongside technological advancement. Birla said AI can make democracy "more transparent, accountable and citizen-centric." He pointed to initiatives such as Digital Parliament, under which proceedings have become paperless, mod...