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UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court

Jess Asato’s public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Grok’s deepfake scandal. Then the UK Member of Parliament became a victim of the abuse herself.

Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian’s newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.
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UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court