Sadiq Khan on Ban AI impersonation of real individual…

Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London.

It is illegal in the UK to create or request creation of AI generated, manipulated, or fabricated “purported intimate images” of adults without consent.

AI Verified (May 8, 2026)

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Sadiq Khan, answer to London Assembly Question 2026/0421, May 8, 2026.

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Ban AI impersonation of real individuals without their consent

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AI Verified The quote supports prohibiting non-consensual AI-created intimate imagery, a direct instance of AI impersonation without consent. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote supports criminalizing non-consensual AI-created intimate imagery. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Stored London Assembly answer contains the exact wording by Sadiq Khan. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

Seize the potential of AI and use it as a superpower for positive transformation and creation or surrender to it and sit back and watch as it becomes a weapon of mass destruction of jobs.

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