“Think before you share,” says Giorgia Meloni as an AI-created lingerie picture of her goes viral

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has criticized the spread of AI-generated deepfake images of her, including one showing her in lingerie, after they were shared widely online.

Meloni wrote on Facebook on Tuesday: “In recent days, several fake images of me have been circulating, created using artificial intelligence and passed off as real by some overzealous opponents.”

“I have to admit that whoever created them even improved my appearance significantly,” she joked. “But the fact remains: people are now prepared to use absolutely anything to attack and spread untruths.”

In her post, Meloni shared an AI-generated image that appeared to show her sitting on a bed in lingerie – a fabrication that went viral and sparked a wave of condemnation from users who believed it to be real.

One user wrote: “For a Prime Minister to present herself in such a state is truly shameful. Unworthy of the institutional role she holds. She has no…