The Artificial Intelligence and its role in shaping truth in the digital age was one of the issues discussed at the 11th Delphi 2026 Economic Forum.

At the heart of the discussion, which was entitled “Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for Truth in the Digital Age”, Minister Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou said that “whether AI ultimately brings more truth or more misinformation: we have deified the technology, but I believe that the absolute acceptance of what AI models provide has already led us to many wrong conclusions,” he commented and continued:

“We should, after the excitement and sensationalism, get down and put things in perspective. To help people, and especially new kids, look for truth more deeply beyond summaries and descriptions. The quick and easy “truth” of AI is not always the real truth.

About how the state can put the brakes on something that spreads digitally much faster than official announcements and denials: The first thing to do is to see how false, fabricated news doesn’t get past the filters of the platforms. A fake news story runs very fast when it passes through social media. Platforms make money from such content, so they let it go when they can tell it’s fabricated. This is where Europe needs to put up barriers. It cannot be done only at the national level. In the context of the European common market, Europe must force platforms to stop spreading false videos.

If there is a way to react through legislation: There is the DSA (Digital Services Act), which states that anyone who is aggrieved can go to the relevant body (in Greece it is EETT), which in turn notifies the platform. However, this process, although relatively fast, remains slower than the dissemination of the news itself.

On the issue of anonymity in internet. Platforms should be forced to ask for identifiers. Now this is technically possible. We need to end anonymity. Even if someone writes under a pseudonym, it should be possible to identify them if a legal issue arises.

For the next step regarding control of misinformation: We need to go to regulation of AI-generated content, so that it is clear to the user that it is an AId product. If there were responsible platforms, there would also be responsible information. But because profit often comes first, intervention at the European level is one way to protect our democracies.