Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The rapid development of artificial intelligence is transforming international political communication.

Deepfakes, AI-generated or manipulated audio, video, and images, can make people appear to say or do things that never happened.

Although useful in entertainment, education, and communication, their political use threatens international security by undermining trust, manipulating public opinion, enabling political deception, and complicating crisis management.

Consequently, deepfakes are emerging as tools of geopolitical competition.

Deepfakes are politically significant not only because they produce convincing content but also because they can reshape perceptions of reality.

International politics depends ...