489. Musk's AI Deepfake Disgrace & JD Vance's Minnesota Lies (Question Time)

The Rest Is Politics

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Will the UK ban 'X' over explicit, nonconsensual deepfake images of women and children generated using its AI tool? What does JD Vance's outburst against the Minnesota ICE shooting victim tell us about the misinformation age? After the attacks on Rory over the weekend from The Telegraph, Spectator, and Boris Johnson in the Daily Mail, what is it about Rory that so reliably enrages the right-wing press? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. __________ The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. To sign up and for terms and conditions, visit fuseenergy.com/politics. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee ✅ __________ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Josh Smith Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Senior Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.6	Welcome to The Restis Politics Question Time with me, Rory Stewart.
1:33.1	And me, Aleister Campbell, and Rory, I hate talking about Elon Musk, because the guys are complete monstrosstrosity on so many levels, but I think we must.
1:40.2	Miranda is a trip plus member from Sussex.
1:43.3	X is currently facing an epidemic where users tag Grok under women's post and ask it to generate images of them undressed, which it does with alarming realism.
1:52.2	Should there be new laws to regulate this kind of generative AI, or is it up to Musk and the tech companies to police themselves?
1:58.5	Dan in Swansea, we've got a lot of questions on this this week.
2:00.9	I'm a father of two. This recent story about deep fake images of children being made in
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