AI-Generated Fake Audio of Verbal Abuse Incident Circulates of British Labour Leader Keir Starmer
October 8, 2023
An AI-generated audio clip, purporting to show UK opposition leader Keir Starmer verbally abusing staff, was debunked as fake. The clip, circulated on social media, was analyzed and found likely manipulated, with added background noise to evade detection.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- uk-labour-party, keir-starmer
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/601
Data source
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