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26 October 2026

Spain's main opposition posts AI deepfakes of Sánchez's wife before election

First reported

The Guardian ran this on , 2 days before the next source picked it up.

  • The conservative People's party, Spain's main opposition, posted a campaign video using AI likenesses of Socialist-linked figures appearing to confess to wrongdoing.
  • The video, shared 21 October ahead of the 29 November election, reached nearly 2 million views and includes a tiny, nearly invisible AI label.

Reported by The Next Web, The Guardian