Fighting Disinformation in the Palestine Conflict: The Role of Generative AI and Islamic Values
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10456052Keywords:
Generative AI, Islamic values, Palestine conflict, warfareAbstract
In today’s fast-paced world of globalization, hybrid wars, and the rise of the Zionist agenda, falsehood have become a powerful tool to distract people from what is right. Fifth-generation warfare may include the use of, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, fully autonomous systems of social engineering through tools like social media, unethical cyber-attacks, a plethora of misinformation and false news which includes biased, misleading, deceptive, or hyper partisan news. This research paper looks into the role of Generative AI in the Palestine conflict and to what extent it has supported the schema on either side and explores how Islamic values can be used to combat disinformation and promote transparency. The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of established research to clarify the point of view and concludes by discussing the role of different stakeholders involved in the situation, the user, the social media platforms, and the government.
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