The Deepfake Election That Wasn't

The Deepfake Election That Wasn't

Politics Unpacked · 2024-08-08
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Fears that AI generated 'deepfakes' could threaten British democracy in the run up to the general election turned out to be largely unfounded. Ed Vaizey asks why that is, and whether AI and deepfakes will have a greater impact on the upcoming US election. 


Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Syed discuss whether King Charles should break his royal silence on the riots and debate whether the Olympics is better than the World Cup,.


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