New Delhi: After the tension between India and Pakistan increased after the horrific initiative attack on 22 April, the nation saw a parallel war that broke online – a drone or missile, but was manipulated to pixels and synthetic voices.While offering fake forgiveness for deep video of S Jaishankar, from AI-Janit Clipping of a newspaper to Pakistan’s Air Force incorrectly praising for Pakistan’s Air Force, the public hunted for misinformation manufactured with the help of artificial intelligence.
The PIB shared the picture on X, while investigating the false claim on Em S Jaishankar.
The weapon of AI, especially in elections or war time, is not just a disturbance or mischief; This is a calculation attempt to speak voters or influence public sentiment. Even to distort facts.
PIB shared the photo on X, while examining a wrong claim about the story of the Daily Telegraph.
India, with technology-loving population, suffers from the danger where large-scale productive promotions take seconds, and it is no longer imaginary, but is real, current and dangerous.This danger is not only reserved for war, it is crawling in India’s democratic bloodstream rapidly.
Think this:
A prominent politician appears on your WhatsApp feed, making inflammatory remarks about a sensitive religious issue. The video spreads like wildfire on social media, triggers outrage and potentially runs thousands of voters. There is just one catch – the politician never really said those words. Welcome to the age of Deepfec, where seeing no longer believes.
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While Artificial Intelligence provides powerful new tools for political campaigns and even diplomatic engagement, its rapid progress is also a long shadow – the rise of deep -fek and the ability to deepely. A lot of technology enhancing the reach of a campaign can also be armed to manipulate the truth, with important moral challenges for the integrity of information and trust within India’s democratic processes.
How serious is the risk of deepfack in Indian elections?
In a conversation with Toi, a political communication strategist, Devesh Singh said that Deepfek is a serious threat, which reduces electoral integrity through misinformation. In 2024:
- Fake videos of Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh supported the Congress, which reached millions through 535.8 million users of WhatsApp.
- A deep of
Rahul Gandhi “Resignation” spreads false narratives, especially in a Hindi -speaking belt. - DMK’s Karunanidhi Deepfack, while strategic, blurred the lines between authentic and manipulated materials.
Ranveer Singh’s message on Deepfack
“Low digital literacy (76.32% adult literacy) especially increases vulnerability in rural areas. With deepfacks made in 2-3 minutes, their viral capacity threatens hyper-local constituencies, if the trusts were at risk when uncontrolled, putting at risk, “he said.Talking about Deepfac and Morified Video, a digital communication advisor, Keshav Mishra said, “They are used to discredit political opponents during elections. While digitally literate viewers can often identify AI-related materials, the rural population is unsafe for misunderstandings.”
Expert approach on deepfack
How soon can harmful AI-related materials can go viral?
Explaining the damage caused by fake AI-related materials, Singh said that harmful AI content spreads rapidly, often beyond Techdown attempts. He said, “Five times faster than wrong information reforms. A deepfek can reach thousands of people a day, underlining the need for real -time monitoring and strict platform accountability,” he said.
AI and new diplomacy: India goes global with code
Since domestic politics is favorable for AI, India’s foreign policy is also developing under its influence. Recently, the world went mad at the surfaced art, and even politicians went to Gaga on it.For example, in view of Ghibali art, AI United to Nations-India and Israel, through AI-Janit images. The Israeli Embassy in India shared an image showing friendship between PM Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu in a beautiful ghibali-style art piece. The Indian Embassy in Israel also shared the images of PM Modi, who drove a vehicle along the Netanyahu, who were enjoying their company.
The Indian Embassy in Israel shared this picture on X.
Artistic illustration is an example of how the two countries are strengthening relations in an important time (Israel-Gaza conflict).
The Israeli Embassy in India shared this picture on X.
In addition, India is taking advantage of AI as a soft power tool on the global platform, from cyber diplomacy to multilateral technical participation.DAt the AI Action Summit in Paris on 11 February 2025, PM Modi insisted on how “AI is already shaping again, economy, security and even society.”He said, “AI is evolving at an unprecedented scale and speed. And it is being adopted and deployed rapidly. There is also a deep inter-dependence on the boundaries. Therefore, there is a need for collective global efforts to establish governance and standards, which maintain our shared values, addresses and construction,” he said.On a global platform, highlighting India’s technology-loving youth, he underlined the fact that India is creating AI applications for public good. “India is creating its big language model in view of our diversity. We have a unique public-private partnership model to pool resources like compute power. It has been made available to our start-ups and researchers at a cheap cost. And, India is ready to share its experience and expertise to ensure that AI is good, and all that
Small cuts, diplomacy is not only about defense, infrastructure, nuclear deals and business tariffs – it is also about technical piles and AI models.
How is India using AI as soft power or diplomatic tools globally?
Singh said that India is taking advantage of AI to increase its soft power, taking itself as a technical governance leader:
- The 2024 AI content labeling advisory of the Election Commission set a global benchmark for moral AI in the elections, which has been noted by international media.
- In the G20, PM Modi’s safe AI advocacy and bilateral talks (eg with American leaders) enhance India’s image as a responsible technical power.
- Bhashini’s multilingual AI is being adapted for migrant engagement, translating cultural materials for Indian communities in the US and Gulf.
- India’s status as an innovation hub for AI Startups such as crutrim and polymath solutions, Plus Plan for India-specific AI model, global South.
However, the lack of comprehensive AI law limits India’s influence compared to the European Union or America. Nevertheless, its choice AI experiments provide a model for democratic nations, which strengthens its diplomatic story.To work at the forefront amidst the possibility of AI and to replace jobs, a question arises: will it change the politicians too? Well, the time will generate code to decod the question. But now, we can say that AI can change how they win.With scale, diversity and digital ambitions, India is well deployed to be a leading in moral AI adoption. However, it is notable that leadership will not come from equipment alone.
