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Opposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-10-23T16:35:48.000Z Original ↗

Discourse valence

-50

Adverse

confidence 80% · 1 item

-100

-50

+50

+100

-50

Adverse readingFavourable reading

Single-model reading. This item did not meet the threshold for a multi-model panel.

Governance and regulation Synthetic media and manipulation Concentration of power

Excerpt as ingested

Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister’s wife has sparked outrage and set off a wider debate on AI, as the deeply polarised country gears up for general elections next month. Launched this week across the social media channels of the conservative People’s party (PP), the video used artificial intelligence to manipulate the likenesses of various people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party and appeared to show them admitting to acts such as soliciting prostitutes and taking kickbacks. Continue reading...

Every model that read this

Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-50	80%	3468ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-23 18:18

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

AI-generated deepfake video used for political manipulation

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Evidence extracted

AI deepfake video used in Spanish election
Video shows manipulated likenesses of people linked to Socialist party

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   4f181723-96ca-40f8-8bea-99395099d1d5
           https://theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/opposition-deepfake-video-spain-election
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -50  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 80%