2023-08-08 11:50:00
Watch the video: Zelenskyj supposedly welcomes humanoid robot – what is behind the incredible video.
The Ukrainian President Selenskyj meets a robot from Great Britain – this is the impression that a fake that is currently circulating on social media is intended to convey.
Several clips show the statesman together with his futuristic companion.
The videos are viewed, commented on and distributed millions of times.
But what is behind the fake?
The fake clips are originally posted on the TikTok channel “animatronic3D”. (Source: Reuters)
Actually, Volodymyr Zelenskyj meets Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his successor Rishi Sunak in the recordings.
A direct comparison makes it clear that the videos of the politicians’ meetings and the fake clips are originally the same recordings.
The fake videos are apparently based on recordings by the AFP news agency.
British politicians believed to have been replaced by a robot using AI-powered video software.
Comparable fake clips used software from the company “Wonder Dynamics”, which allows the user to replace people with 3D figures and digital characters.
The movements, facial expressions and lighting of the 3D figures are adapted to the existing video material.
The fake clips make it clear how artificial intelligence can be used to manipulate existing video material.
In this way, recordings of politicians’ meetings appear to be an encounter between man and machine.
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