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This Politician Made an AI Clone to Do His Job

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Aug 8, 2025
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Mark Sewards, a UK Labour MP, recently launched AI Mark Sewards, a chatbot with his voice that constituents could talk to instead of calling him directly. The public backlash to this announcement was swift and entertaining. Siliconversations is financially supported by the Future of Life Institute. Go to https://futureoflife.org/ to learn more. All opinions shared in this video are my own (unless otherwise indicated). Sources: AI Mark Sewards Announcement Post: https://x.com/MarkJSewards/status/1952752998582485495 AI Mark Sewards: https://www.neural-voice.ai/mark-sewards BBC: MP becomes first to create himself as an AI bot - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5pr3q6lrpo The Washington Post: A politician made an AI clone of himself. The outrage was real. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/06/ai-chatbot-mp-britain-labour/ The Guardian: ‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role -https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/05/chat-gpt-swedish-pm-ulf-kristersson-under-fire-for-using-ai-in-role