Jailed Imran Khan uses AI to claim victory in Pakistan elections; calls Sharif a 'stupid' person

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Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in an AI-generated audio-video message on Saturday claimed victory in the general elections and termed his arch-rival Nawaz Sharif a "stupid" person..

In the video, he congratulated the people on the election results and said he had trust in them...

"Nawaz Sharif is a stupid person who gave a victory speech despite his party trailing by 30 seats," the cricketer-turned-former prime minister can be heard saying in the video...

The speech came as PTI-backed independence candidates won the most number of seats in the National Assembly as per the result's announcement by the Election Commission of Pakistan...

Independent candidates, a vast majority of them backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, were at the top with 99 seats...

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