Police forces across Britain are not equipped to deal with deepfakes generated by AI, which could result in miscarriages of justice and see prosecutions collapse, The i Paper can reveal.

Deepfakes are videos, pictures or audio clips made using AI to look real.

A Home Office letter obtained by this paper sent to all British police forces in 2024 warned of the significant threats posed by deepfakes, including that the technology could aid terrorist groups and threaten border security.

According to the letter jointly signed by then police minister Chris Philp and security minister Tom Tugendhat, one potential risk is that innocent people could be wrongly accused of crimes based on AI-generated evidence and those guilty of offences could escape justice by fabricating alibis. New Featu

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