, July 19 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Saturday expressed concerns that dealing with misinformation, rumours and the misuse of artificial intelligence will become more difficult as the next national election approaches.

"It's now the age of videos. These are made in such a way that people easily believe them. As the election gets closer, false or deliberately misleading information and rumours will spread using artificial intelligence. It will become a real challenge to tackle them," he said while speaking at a seminar in the capital's Banani area.

The BNP leader said there is a campaign against their party, labelling it as anti-reform. "I don't know whether I should call it a rumour," he said.

Salahuddin, a BNP...