Giorgia Meloni shares AI deepfake image of herself in warning to Italy

NewsWorldEuropeGiorgia Meloni shares AI deepfake image of herself in warning to Italy‘I must admit that whoever created them, at least ‌in the attached case, has also ‌improved me quite a bit’, Meloni jokedCrispian Balmer Wednesday 06 May 2026 08:22 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971243","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/giorgia-meloni-ai-image-italy-b2971243.html","title":"Giorgia Meloni shares AI deepfake image of herself in warning to Italy "}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-7167","index":0}Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gestures during a session at Italian Senate in Rome, Italy, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella/File Photo (Reuters)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"...