As AI accelerates wartime misinformation, fact-checkers across Gaza, Ukraine and Lake Chad are finding that the most effective defence still depends on human networks, local knowledge and shared verification infrastructure.

AI opens new possibilities in documentary filmmaking, from sorting archives to speeding up production. But documentary is not built on technology alone: it depends on the director’s vision, creativity, and ability to shape meaning. Can AI, for instance, make a film like Ordinary Fascism?