Markus Neuvonen, Senior MIL/DIL specialist at FaktaBaari, reflects on an expert event held in Helsinki in October 2024, organized by Faktabaari as part of the EU-CERV funded project Immune 2 Infodemic 2. The room brought together governments, media professionals, security agencies and academics with a single urgent purpose: to build a shared understanding of AI-enhanced disinformation and to find ways to cooperate across sectors before the damage becomes too deep. The conversations that day were not abstract. They were framed by complaints about the information environment, by disturbing examples from recent elections, and by anxiety about what comes next. Artificial…

The air in Madison Square Garden was thick with a peculiar blend of adrenaline and finality. Usman Nurmagomedov had just dismantled Archie Colgan, his strikes landing with a brutal, rhythmic precision that left no doubt about the outcome. The referee’s intervention came as a mercy, and as Usman raised his hands, a singular thought seemed to eclipse the roar of the crowd: this was the last time he would do this under the Professional Fighters League banner. The contract was exhausted, the ink had dried on his final bout, and the future, once a neatly scheduled path, had suddenly become…