Central Asian Media Forum: artificial intelligence at the heart of debates on information integrity
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Media HorizonsIn Central Asia, as elsewhere in the world, the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) by the media and the general public is transforming the information landscape.
With yet incipient legal frameworks, the issue of digital sovereignty and the rise of AI-generated content, regulation is becoming a key concern.
It was against this backdrop that CFI held the Central Asian Media Forum in Tashkent on 20 and 21 May, as part of the Horizons Médias project, funded by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The event brought together 56 people from five Central Asian countries, the French Ambassador to Uzbekistan and the European Union's representative for two days of discussions on the main challenges facing the media sector in Central Asia.
Journalists, content creators, legal experts, institutions and civil society organisations discussed the need to strengthen fact-checking tools and adapt journalistic practices in response to technological developments.
The safety of journalists, international cooperation and media literacy as a tool for tackling these challenges were also central to the discussions.
Two calls for applications have been launched to select civil society organisations with a view to supporting their advocacy work on freedom of information in Central Asia. This forum marks the start of a new phase: training and skills development for journalists in the region.
