Japan election: AI-doctored video of campaign broadcast goes viral

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Centrist Reform Alliance co-leaders Tetsuo Saito and Yoshihiko Noda wave to voters during a campaign event in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan 23. - Reuters

TOKYO: A doctored version of a “campaign broadcast” by Japan’s Centrist Reform Alliance for the Feb 8 House of Representatives election has gone viral on the X social media platform.

Altered via artificial intelligence (AI) to show the party’s co-chairmen Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito dancing together, the video had been viewed more than 1.6 million times.