Speech contents:

  • Fake news and algorithm competence: Learn how fake news arises, what role algorithms play, and how you as a private individual or company can deal with it confidently.
  • Trust instead of deception: Why trust is the most important currency in the digital space and how to form your own opinion
  • AI with foresight: Whether data protection, deepfakes, or digitization and the resulting
  • Which media can still be trusted?

Understanding fake news and securing trust

In a digitalized world where opinions are formed in seconds and supposed facts spread rapidly, one skill becomes a survival strategy: the ability to distinguish between truth and manipulation. The keynote speech on fake news by media expert and keynote speaker Dr. Nikolai A. Behr highlights how dangerous targeted disinformation has become for companies, the media, and society—and how we can learn to confidently counter these dangers.

With real-life examples, in-depth analyses, and a systematic look at technical and communicative developments, this keynote speech on AI and fake news makes it clear how deception works today—from Trojan horses to deepfakes. It’s not just about technical know-how, but also about values: trust, critical thinking, and information literacy are becoming the key resources of our time. Companies must raise awareness among their employees and at the same time address the question: Who controls the algorithms that shape our opinions?

Smiling woman shows phone with smiling face and biometric scanning, orange background. This is how deepfake technology begins with the imitation of originals. This makes face swapping and fake news possible.
Deceptively real – but artificially generated: Deepfakes undermine trust in digital content and pose new challenges for media literacy and leadership. Photo: Adobe Stock

AI, fake news, deepfakes, and digital responsibility

How does the technology behind deepfakes actually work? What can artificial intelligence already recognize today—and where are we being deliberately misled? In addition to human intelligence, technological support will be needed in the future to see through deception. This keynote speech on fake news, deepfakes, and AI highlights the tools already available to minimize risks and how critical AI competence is becoming a new key qualification. The Federal Office for Information Security regularly warns of the dangers posed by deepfakes and the like.

But it’s not just about threats – it’s also about solutions. Keynote speaker Dr. Nikolai Behr provides the audience with concrete strategies: from data protection in the context of digitalization and the responsible use of generative AI to the question of how media and companies can regain and maintain trust. Because only those who know how manipulation works can recognize it.

At the end of this keynote speech on AI, fake news, and deepfakes, we are left not only with shocking insights, but above all with the realization that media literacy is no longer optional, but mandatory. For executives, communicators, IT managers, and each and every one of us.

Dr. Nikolai A. Behr explains the dangers of fake news and deepfakes on social media in a speech
Dr. Nikolai A. Behr explains the dangers of fake news and deep fakes and how to use social media properly. Photo: GSA

Further keynotes and speeches by Dr. Behr:

• Leadership task no. 1 Communication: Achieving greater success through empathy and clarity.

• Communication. Made easy. More sensitivity and harmony within the team.

• Zero-G Leadership Communication. Leading with ease and empathy.