AFP chief pushes AI vs disinformation | Daily Tribune (Philippines)

Armed Forces of the Phil­ip­pines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen­eral Ant­o­nio G. Nafar­rete under­scored the need to strengthen inform­a­tion oper­a­tions and counter dis­in­form­a­tion dur­ing his visit to the Civil-Mil­it­ary Oper­a­tions Com­mand (CMOC) on 9 Octo­ber.

Nafar­rete called on the mil­it­ary to adapt to an evolving battle­space that extends bey­ond tra­di­tional phys­ical domains.

“More than the plans and cap­ab­il­it­ies, I want to really acknow­ledge how the Civil-Mil­it­ary Oper­a­tions Com­mand man­aged to adapt and pos­i­tion itself to meet a battle­space that now goes bey­ond phys­ical domains,” he said.

He also urged the AFP to har­ness emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies, includ­ing arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, to strengthen its inform­a­tion cam­paigns and counter threats in the inform­a­tion envir­on­ment.

“Let us har­ness all inform­a­tion related cap­ab­il­it­ies and emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies, includ­ing arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, to shape our nar­rat­ive, counter dis­in­form­a­tion, and dis­rupt malign influ­ence oper­a­tions,” Nafar­rete added.

Dur­ing the visit, the AFP chief atten­ded the bless­ing of the Civil Affairs Group Office, received a brief­ing on CMOC’s oper­a­tions and cap­ab­il­it­ies, and met with troops.

CMOC com­mander Lieu­ten­ant Gen­eral Arvin R. Laga­mon led the present­a­tion of the com­mand’s accom­plish­ments, ini­ti­at­ives and ongo­ing efforts to sup­port the AFP’s mis­sion through civil-mil­it­ary oper­a­tions.

The visit high­lighted the AFP lead­er­ship’s push to strengthen civil-mil­it­ary oper­a­tions and improve the mil­it­ary’s capa­city to address emer­ging chal­lenges in the inform­a­tion envir­on­ment.

Daily Tribune (Philippines), 11 Hydref 2026

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