Generative AI and Disinformation: A Call for Papers to Anticipate Threats

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 By Dylan Massieux Actualités / EventAI,AI-generated content,cyber,cybercni,cybersecurity,disinformation,event,generative AI,workshop

At a time when generative artificial intelligence is profoundly reshaping our relationship with information, the boundaries between authentic and manipulated content are becoming increasingly blurred. Automated text production, image and synthetic video generation, large-scale personalization: these technologies offer new capabilities, but also facilitate the mass dissemination of misleading content.

In this context, understanding the mechanisms behind the creation and spread of disinformation has become a central challenge for cybersecurity stakeholders, researchers, and public policymakers.

It is within this dynamic that the workshop “From Prompt to Propaganda: Generative AI and the New Dis/Mis-Information Lifecycle” takes place, led by Marc-Oliver Pahl (IMT Atlantique, German Chapter of the ACM, GI) and Michael Jülich (AIHorizon), as part of the Informatik Festival 2026 organized in Dresden (Germany) by the Gesellschaft für Informatik.

A workshop to analyze and counter disinformation

This workshop, which will take place on September 22, 2026, during Informatik Festival 2026, aims to analyze how AI is transforming the entire disinformation lifecycle—from content creation to its dissemination and adaptation.

The call targets a broad community—researchers, cybersecurity experts, journalists, and public decision-makers—and covers topics such as:

analysis of automated disinformation chains
detection and mitigation of AI-generated content
modeling of malicious actors
ethical, legal, and societal challenges

Contributions may take the form of research papers, case studies, technical demonstrations, or conceptual work, with open-access publication in the LNI proceedings.

A strategic lever for developing new synergies

This event is also fully aligned with the roadmap of the LMI Working Group (Fight against Information Manipulation) within the Pôle d’excellence cyber.

This workshop, dedicated to this critical topic, represents a structuring lever at several levels:

it helps position the Pôle d’excellence cyber and the LMI Working Group as key players within the European ecosystem on these issues
it contributes to showcasing the work, expertise, and feedback developed within the working group
it strengthens the visibility of the PEC and its members among academic, industrial, and institutional partners
it fosters the development of European collaborations, particularly in connection with initiatives led by the Europe Working Group

In a context of increasing information competition, this dynamic directly contributes to structuring a collective capacity to understand, anticipate, and counter disinformation strategies at the European level.

A major cybersecurity challenge

AI-amplified disinformation represents a major challenge for information system security and societal resilience. This call for contributions is fully part of a forward-looking and action-oriented approach: better understanding these threats in order to build concrete, operational, and coordinated responses.