Public Lecture: Truth, Trust, and Technology — Understanding Generative AI’s Role in Information Integrity

As generative AI transforms how information is produced and shared, we will face new challenges in maintaining truth, transparency, and accountability. The course explores how AI systems can both amplify and detect misinformation, and how their black-box nature complicates our understanding of influence and trust online. By bringing together perspectives from communication and technology, we will examine how AI shapes human perception and belief, and propose ways to strengthen information integrity through collaboration between human expertise and AI-driven analysis.

Dr. Benjamin Delhomme was previously Senior Expert on AI at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence. He joined the Centre in 2023, bringing a multidisciplinary background that spans artificial intelligence, engineering, and military experience. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bordeaux (France), where he developed a real-time decision-support application designed to process and integrate human arguments.

His work focuses on the digitalisation of expert knowledge for strategic use, with a strong emphasis on ensuring transparency, accountability, and human oversight in the design and application of AI. At the NATO StratCom COE, he leads projects on responsible use of emerging technologies, and speaks and advises on the intersection of AI, influence, and information integrity.