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Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj uses AI avatar to address voters from jail

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Erion Veliaj, the mayor of Albania’s capital, Tirana, has spoken to voters through an AI copy of himself, promising free school meals. The video was posted on his official Instagram account and is indeed labelled as AI-generated content.

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