India, Aug. 28 -- Misinformation has emerged as a serious issue in the 21st century, further fueled by the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI). A Bengaluru founder and CEO highlighted that point in his latest post by sharing a 'selfie' with Elon Musk and a "quote" from the billionaire. Deepak Kanakaraju's LinkedIn post drove home the point in a witty way about how AI tools make it easy for anyone to create fake images and news.

"Just had a casual meeting with Elon," Kanakaraju wrote on LinkedIn. In the following lines, he shared, "He said: The real danger of AI isn't robots taking jobs. it's how easily fake news will spread. Imagine someone posting a random photo with me and pretending I said something profound."

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