ISTANBUL (Dispatches) – Participants in the 51st session of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) discussed the use of artificial intelligence in detecting fake news on the second day of the forum.
Several news agencies from Japan, UAE, Vietnam, and China stressed the need to use artificial intelligence in detecting and preventing the spread of fake news.
The members acknowledged that artificial intelligence can recognize whether a news story is true or fake by matching existing records, verifying the authenticity of the source, and even checking the accuracy of the way the news is reported. Members also shared their experiences in using artificial intelligence to detect fake news.
At the end of the meeting, new cooperation agreements were signed between some news agencies.
The 51st OANA session opened on Monday, with Iran’s Mehr News Agency attending as a member of the technical committee.
Mehr News, Fars News, and Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) are members of the organization.
The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies is an association of news agencies from UNESCO member states in the Asia-Pacific region. It was previously known as the Organization of Asian News Agencies. It was formed in 1961 on UNESCO’s initiative.
The organization covering two-thirds of the world population has now 43 members from 35 countries in Asia and Oceania.
Iran, as a long-standing member, was the rotating president from 1997 to 2000.