BBC Question Time has been met with disbelief after using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a mock panel featuring Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi.
The show was already facing questions about the lack of balance on the panel – which featured three pro-AI voices from within the industry, a Labour minister known for promoting the use of AI, and the Tories’ shadow technology secretary. Green leader in England and Wales Zack Polanski suggested that tech billionaire Larry Ellison had been allowed to "buy an entire Question Time episode".