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Ilan Manor explores Ukraine's digital diplomacy innovations in its war against Russia.

Ilan Manor examines if and how AI companions may become vessels of state-backed disinformation. 

Ilan Manor probes whether AIs developed in different countries follow a Country-of-Origin Effect, in which AI narration of world events differ based on the country.

 

Whether in the form of persuasive deepfakes or absurdist humour, AI is enabling a proliferation of competing realities.

 

Diplomats across the world are rushing to identify AI's risks and benefits.

In recent years, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and now rebranded X, has lost millions of users. Will diplomats join the X-odus?

Recent trends in digitalized public diplomacy demonstrate that digital tools are increasingly used to undermine connectedness and to strengthen separateness.

Image of a man climbing towards a door to AI by elnur via Canva

In the post-truth era, public diplomacy counters online falsehoods and promotes compelling digital narratives for one's own truth.

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