Pak used AI, video games for fake videos: Maharashtra ADGP on Op Sindoor

“Cybersecurity is no longer a matter of choice — it is a national imperative. The threats we face today are widespread, impacting businesses, individuals, governments, and even national security,” he said.

Ratnagiri: During Operation Sindoor, the Pakistani establishment engaged in a disinformation campaign by misusing Artificial Intelligence, said Brijesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police currently posted as Principal Secretary to the Directorate General of Information & Public Relations.

“During Operation Sindoor, the Pakistani established posted videos using AI…in some of the instances they have used content from video games to engage in disinformation campaign,” said Singh, a cyber-security expert, during an interaction with journalists of the Konkan region on 'Artificial Intelligence, Social Media and Responsible Journalism’, on Saturday.

The workshop was inaugurated by state Industries and Marathi Language Minister Uday Samant, who is also the guardian minister of Ratnagiri district.

“False information was being spread through dis-formation campaign using AI-generated fake content,” the senior IPS officer said. “Fake news and fake news detection are very important,” he said.

Besides, the Pakistani establishment also prepared several fake social media accounts using AI-generated images and used them to trap vulnerable people to secure vital information.

“The boundaries of journalism have expanded due to artificial intelligence,” he said, adding: “Mobile has brought about a big change. The use of artificial intelligence in journalism is beneficial. It has made work easier.”

Saying that live speech can be translated into 9 languages simultaneously, he gave guidance on the excess of AI in social media, the benefits and harms of AI. “You have the truth, but AI does not know what the truth is,” he said.

“I myself come from a family of journalists. My father was an accredited journalist. I am grateful to the government for giving me the opportunity to work in the same department,” the senior officer said.

“There is a need for 'responsible AI', 'humans in the loop for important decisions, ' and 'explainable AI' to combat the dangers of cybercrime resulting from 'hidden biases in AI'," Singh said.

“Cybersecurity is no longer a matter of choice — it is a national imperative. The threats we face today are widespread, impacting businesses, individuals, governments, and even national security,” the Director General of DGIPR said.

Singh said that very soon we will be in an age where “synthetic text” will be more than the “human text”.

“We have also moved from AI to Generative AI, from which a person can create new content, such as text, images, music, or videos, by learning from existing data,” he said and pointed out that there are also instances of AI failing.