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AI-generated Putin asks Putin about his rumoured body doubles – video (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an AI-generated deepfake of himself.

The question prompted a rare hesitation from Putin, already in his fourth hour of taking questions at the marathon event.

"I see you may resemble me and speak with my voice. But I have thought about it and decided that only one person must be like me and speak with my voice, and that will be me," he said.

"That is my first double, by the way," Putin added as an afterthought.

There has been recurrent speculation, particularly in Western media, that Putin has one or more body doubles to cover for him in some public appearances because of alleged health problems. The Kremlin had denied that and said the president's health is excellent.

Reporting by Reuters, writing by Mark Trevelyan Editing by Gareth Jones

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin cares a lot about his public image. He makes sure he is portrayed in a certain way on all media across Russia.

Deepfakes will be seen by him as being a real threat to his carefully curated persona.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Send in the clowns

[–] Darkncoldbard 9 points 1 year ago

They're already here....