Japanese IT head says he made AI videos to smear Takaichi's rivals during party poll
South China Morning Post reports that the head of a Japan-based IT firm has admitted producing AI-generated videos targeting Sanae Takaichi's rivals during the recent LDP leadership contest. The case has reignited the debate over regulation of election-period AI-generated content in Japan.
According to South China Morning Post, the head of a small-to-mid-size Japan-based IT firm has admitted producing AI-generated fake videos targeting Sanae Takaichi's rivals during the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership contest. The executive said the content was widely shared via social-media accounts.
The AI-generated videos were designed to create the impression that targeted politicians had made false statements, and their realism allowed them to bypass platform detection systems for a time. Japan's prosecution service has opened an investigation, with the case to be assessed under election law and digital-content regulation.
The LDP leadership said the incident had damaged internal party processes and announced an independent review mechanism. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has accelerated its timetable for legislation on election-period AI-generated content. The Computer Ethics Society and major platforms have raised automatic-labelling proposals.
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