New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday drew attention to the growing challenges posed by deepfakes and misinformation while stressing the need for developing robust safeguards alongside technological advancements to protect democratic discourse from manipulation and confusion.

He was addressing the special session titled "AI for Democracy" at the India AI Impact Summit held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. He emphasised that Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be used to strengthen truth and credibility, not to distort or suppress facts.

Birla noted that AI has the potential to make democracy more transparent, accountable and citizen-centric. He stressed that the nation's guiding principle has always been "Sarvajan Hit...