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Japanese IT head says he made AI videos to smear Takaichi’s rivals during party poll
The head of a Japanese IT firm admitted to creating AI-generated videos to criticize rivals of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during last year’s Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. He was consulted by a Takaichi aide on reversing the lead of a strong contender, Shinjiro Koizumi.
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