Bloody hell that recording really sounded like him. What a scary world we are in.
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says deepfake audio of him supposedly making inflammatory remarks before Armistice Day almost caused "serious disorder".
The clip used AI - artificial intelligence - to create a replica of Mr Khan's voice saying words scripted by the faker, disparaging Remembrance weekend with an expletive and calling for pro-Palestinian marches, planned for the same day last November, to take precedence.
The AI fake emerged during an already-tense political row, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the pro-Palestinian marches in a different part of central London were "disrespectful" on Armistice Day.
Through a screengrab, I traced the recording back to TikTok and what appears to be the originator of the clip: an account called HJB News with the ironic tagline "Keeping it real".
Mr Khan said organisations such as the Electoral Commission, which are responsible for keeping the UK's elections "free and fair", also needed more powers to deal with faked information.
TikTok said it had spoken to both the mayor's office and the Metropolitan Police in November 2023 about the platform's approach to this content and flagged how similar issues could be raised directly in future.
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