South Australian MP Says Video Showing Drug Use Is a Deepfake

Former South Australian (SA) Liberal opposition leader and member for Black, David Speirs, claims he is the victim of an artificial intelligence deepfake after videos surfaced allegedly showing him snorting white powder from a plate. Speirs quit the leadership a month ago and denies being the person in the video. The video and picture were first published by News Corp, allegedly recorded at 4:12 a.m. on June 30 inside Speirs’ Adelaide kitchen. No source for the video was named, with claims the footage arrived via a third party. Speirs called the footage “very troubling,” adding that it was not him. “That is very strange … I would never have done that. I’m quite horrified by that,” he told media....