Earlier this month, Reform UK leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage was forced to dispel rumours that he had been in a fight with Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey after a series of fake, AI-generated videos went viral on X.
Jess Asato, the Labour MP for Lowestoft, is suing Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, after sexualised images were generated of her.
She told BBC Essex presenter Sonia Watson how she had been working with victims of deepfake pornography before her incident.
“It was only a matter of time, I guess, until it happened to me,” she said.
“I heard a case of a mum who said that her daughter had her image taken by a boy at school, put into a bikini and made to dance, and then that went round the school. and that was really, really distressing for the girl.
“I think that there should be much stronger regulation around who’s allowed to use your image, your voice and your video because otherwise this can really fool some people.”
Despite numerous approaches from the BBC for comment in response to Asato’s action, xAI has not responded.