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London Mayor Sadiq Khan blasts deepfake which spread “dangerous lies”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has sent a renewed warning on the deepfake audio clip of him which had the potential to cause "serious disorder"
Last November, the audio was created using artificial intelligence(AI) to imitate Khan’s voice making comments to denigrate the annual Remembrance weekend events with a call for Palestine solidarity marches to be given priority. The 53-year-old Labour politician was speaking to a BBC podcast this week on the high-profile incident which resulted in Khan describing deepfakes and AI as a “ slippery slope for democracy ” if the technology is not regulated effectively. The deepfake recording was traced to TikTok and what appears to be the source of the clip, an account called HJB News which the BBC report indicated shares anti-immigration and racist content.
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