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Can you believe your eyes? How deepfakes are coming for politics

By Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
Financial Times·
18 mins to read

As AI-generated videos spread disinformation, start-ups and academics battle to stay one step ahead.

Matteo Renzi, Italy's former prime minister and founder of the new Italia Viva party, sits in an opulent-looking office, face to the camera. An oil painting hangs to one side of him, on the other sits a Renaissance bust.

A technician ducks into shot to check his sound levels, and then Renzi is off. He starts by gurning at an off-screen audience member, greeting them in

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