Pakistan, Sept. 14 -- The information environment is changing faster than ever. News is no longer produced and distributed only by journalists, news organisations or official institutions. Every citizen with a smartphone can now consume information, comment on it and help distribute it to others. Artificial intelligence has made this environment even more complex. Images, videos, audio and written material can now be created or altered within minutes and distributed to large audiences almost instantly.

This has opened new possibilities for communication, but it has also created new opportunities for misinformation and manufactured narratives.

AI can be used to produce fake content, fabricated accounts and misleading narratives at a spee...