Rishi Sunak pulls pint deepfake
Rishi Sunak pulls pint deepfake
Occurred: August 2023
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A photograph showing UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pulling a pint of beer that was shared by an opposition member of parliament has been found to have been doctored.
The image showed an onlooker giving Sunak a disapproving side-eye, which was not the case in the original image, which was taken at the Great British Beer Festival and posted on the prime minister's official Twitter account.
The image - first shared by Labour MP for Hull East Karl Turner - is thought to have been manipulated using Photoshop.
Turner later apologised for causing ‘a bit of trouble’ and said ‘it was never my intention to deceive anyone’.
In May 2023, Adobe announced it had incorporated generative AI into Photoshop with a new 'generative fill' tool that can be used to add or remove objects, change backgrounds and more.
Deepfake
Deepfakes (a portmanteau of 'deep learning' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media.
Source: Wikipedia 🔗
Operator: XCorp/Twitter
Developer: Adobe
Country: UK
Sector: Politics
Purpose: Damage reputation
Technology: Generative AI; Machine learning
Issue: Ethics/values; Mis/disinformation; Transparency
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Type: Incident
Published: August 2023