Dhaka, May 3 -- Speakers on Saturday urged the government to publish an update on the National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2024 and finalise it through a consultative process.

They made the call at a webinar titled "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism in Bangladesh," organised by Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment (VOICE), a rights-based research and advocacy organisation marking the World Press Freedom Day 2025.

The panel featured journalists, civil society members, human rights defenders, legal experts, technologists and researchers.

They discussed that literacy around the use of AI must be ensured as there is a growing threat posed by the spread of 'deepfakes', misinformation, algorithmic bias, enhance...