British Elections Candidate Accused of Being 'AI Generated' Came Forward

London: Artificial intelligence has turned our lives upside down, a recent blunder during the British election is a perfect example of that. In a bizarre turn of events, a British election candidate was forced to defend his identity when rumours spread on social media that he was an artificial intelligence (AI) construct and not real.

Mark Matlock, who stood for the right-wing Reform UK party, was accused by the people of the United Kingdom of being an AI-generated face and not a human. To this bizarre rumour, Reform candidate Mark Matlock came out in public and spoke for himself.

The Reform candidate Mark Matlock, who was accused of being an AI bot, said in an interview that the blunder happened when he got his picture clicked in Oxford and had a Reform UK logo put in and his tie colour changed.

Reform candidate Mark Matlock's pictures and tweets were going viral on social media, with people accusing him of being an AI-generated bot.

An X user posted ‘We might be on the verge of a HUGE SCANDAL. Suspicions have been raised that Reform have fielded election candidates that aren’t real people. Is there any evidence that Mark Matlock (candidate for Clapham & Brixton Hill) actually exists? He looks AI generated.’

Breaking all the assumptions and rumours, Mark Matlock, the Reform UK candidate, came forward and said he is a genuine person after a digitally manipulated photograph led to widespread allegations that he was AI-generated.