{"id":28231,"date":"2026-10-15T05:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=28231"},"modified":"2026-10-15T05:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:10:12","slug":"fulafia-vc-raises-alarm-over-ai-generated-fake-news-says-trend-going-haywire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=28231","title":{"rendered":"FULAFIA VC RAISES ALARM OVER AI-GENERATED FAKE NEWS, SAYS TREND GOING HAYWIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Muhammad Surajo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Lafia, Prof Muhammad Isa Kida, has decried as alarming the proliferation of fake news, saying the trend is going haywire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice-chancellor stated this during his first Media Chat with Journalists in his Office, where he raised serious alarm over the misuse of Artificial Intelligence, AI, by students and untrained content creators to generate fake news and false identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Kida told the journalists that the media landscape has been completely altered by technology, as everybody has now turned their small room into a fully equipped broadcasting studio, with just a microphone, a handset and padded walls, from where they broadcast to the whole world without any form of editorial control or professional training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, the situation has been worsened by the advent of Artificial Intelligence, which now allows anybody to create a dummy human being, an AI-generated avatar, and program it to say whatever they want it to say, thereby deceiving unsuspecting members of the public who believe they are listening to a real human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you like, you appear yourself. If you like, you just create an AI dummy human being and tell him what to discuss. You type what you want him to say, and he will say it. That is what is happening now,” the Vice-chancellor explained to the journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the trend is now going haywire, as many young people, including some students of the university, have taken advantage of this technology to churn out analyses, commentaries and security-sensitive contents that are completely unverified, misleading and capable of causing panic in the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice-Chancellor expressed worry that the university is increasingly finding it difficult to control the narratives about itself, because students and outsiders now use AI tools to fabricate stories, interviews and even press statements that are falsely attributed to the university management, thereby creating confusion and distrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Kida stated that while AI remains a powerful tool for development, its negative deployment for the creation of falsehood has become a major threat to national security and to the stability of tertiary institutions, which rely heavily on credible information to maintain peace and order on their campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He however explained that AI itself is not entirely bad, as the same technology, if positively deployed, can be used to create educational cartoons, animated security awareness messages and banners that can help sensitize students about the dangers of cultism, drug abuse, rape and other vices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice-chancellor therefore called on professional media houses and trained journalists to take the lead in sanitizing the digital space by providing credible, verified and professionally produced contents that will counter the fake news being generated by AI and untrained content creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the university is ready to collaborate with media professionals to train both students and staff on the responsible use of AI and social media, so that the technology can be channeled towards productivity and security, rather than destruction and misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Kida reiterated that the university alone cannot win this war against AI-driven misinformation, stressing that it needs the partnership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, online publishers and other critical stakeholders to establish a sustainable digital literacy program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged all stakeholders to see the fight against fake news and AI-generated falsehood as a collective responsibility, because the consequences of allowing the trend to continue unchecked will be grave for the university system and the country at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Muhammad Surajo The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Lafia, Prof Muhammad Isa Kida, has decried as alarming the proliferation of fake news, saying the trend is going haywire The Vice-chancellor stated this during his first Media Chat with Journalists in his Office, where he raised serious alarm over the misuse of Artificial Intelligence, AI, by students and untrained content creators to generate fake news and false identities. Prof. Kida told the journalists that the media landscape has been completely altered by technology, as everybody has now turned their small room into a fully equipped broadcasting studio, with just a microphone, a handset and padded walls, from where they broadcast to the whole world without any form of editorial control or professional training. According to him, the situation has been worsened by the advent of Artificial Intelligence, which now allows anybody to create a dummy human being, an AI-generated avatar, and program it to say whatever they want it to say, thereby deceiving unsuspecting members of the public who believe they are listening to a real human being. “If you like, you appear yourself. If you like, you just create an AI dummy human being and tell him what to discuss. You type what you want him to say, and he will say it. That is what is happening now,” the Vice-chancellor explained to the journalists. He noted that the trend is now going haywire, as many young people, including some students of the university, have taken advantage of this technology to churn out analyses, commentaries and security-sensitive contents that are completely unverified, misleading and capable of causing panic in the society. The Vice-Chancellor expressed worry that the university is increasingly finding it difficult to control the narratives about itself, because students and outsiders now use AI tools to fabricate stories, interviews and even press statements that are falsely attributed to the university management, thereby creating confusion and distrust. Prof. Kida stated that while AI remains a powerful tool for development, its negative deployment for the creation of falsehood has become a major threat to national security and to the stability of tertiary institutions, which rely heavily on credible information to maintain peace and order on their campuses. He however explained that AI itself is not entirely bad, as the same technology, if positively deployed, can be used to create educational cartoons, animated security awareness messages and banners that can help sensitize students about the dangers of cultism, drug abuse, rape and other vices. The Vice-chancellor therefore called on professional media houses and trained journalists to take the lead in sanitizing the digital space by providing credible, verified and professionally produced contents that will counter the fake news being generated by AI and untrained content creators. He said the university is ready to collaborate with media professionals to train both students and staff on the responsible use of AI and social media, so that the technology can be channeled towards productivity and security, rather than destruction and misinformation. Prof. Kida reiterated that the university alone cannot win this war against AI-driven misinformation, stressing that it needs the partnership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, online publishers and other critical stakeholders to establish a sustainable digital literacy program. He urged all stakeholders to see the fight against fake news and AI-generated falsehood as a collective responsibility, because the consequences of allowing the trend to continue unchecked will be grave for the university system and the country at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28233,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231\/revisions\/28233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}