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Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor

Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrencyNigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party.The Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for the millions […]

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Bank of England warns on AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread

Governor urges public to report fake images posted on X of him and Reform UK leader in fake Question Time clashThe Bank of England has warned the public against falling for AI-generated scams after deepfake videos of Nigel Farage fighting its governor spread online.Andrew Bailey, the head of the BoE, said AI-generated content related to

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‘Nigel is mad to accept his money’: who is Christopher Harborne, the mystery billionaire bankrolling Reform?

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200 guests to spend a few days celebrating his 60th birthday. One sultry afternoon, Sakunkrit and a small group gathered

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X response to Grok sexualised images scandal ‘insulting’ to victims of misogyny, says No 10 – UK politics live

Image-creation function has been limited to paying subscribers after Elon Musk’s platform was threatened with fines and regulatory actionDowning Street has defended its decision to single out pubs for special help with the problems created by rising business rate costs.At the No 10 lobby briefing this morning, the PM’s spokesperson confirmed that a package of

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Liz Kendall says Elon Musk’s X must urgently deal with ‘appalling’ sexualised deepfake content produced by Grok AI – UK politics live

Science secretary says the deepfake content being produced on the platform is ‘unacceptable in decent society’In her Today programme interview this morning Kemi Badenoch tried to outflank Nigel Farage on net zero scepticism by claiming (wrongly) that she started talking out this before he did.Asked by the presenter, Nick Robinson, to give an example of

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