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On August 28, a video of a young Kylian Mbappé being scolded by a man said to be his father started circulating on social media. Initially published by a satirical account specialising in comedic “deepfakes” – artificially-generated images that replace one face with another – the video was reposted multiple times with some people taking it seriously. The creator of the video told us more.
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A “deepfake” video of Kylian Mbappé went viral on various social media platforms. Although it began as satire, the video was shared and altered multiple times, to the point that it lost its original context.
“I’m going to deal with your problem. I’m going to give you a good beating because it seems to me that when someone talks to you, you don’t understand, you are struggling,” a man says to a boy in what appears to be a school.
The video, published on August 28 by the Twitter and TikTok account French AI Covers (@frenchaicovers) has the caption “FLASH – Exclusive Video: Wilfrid Mbappé reprimands Kylian Mbappé for his wavering feelings regarding his future at PSG”. The caption refers to the French footballer’s recent hesitation between extending his contract with Paris Saint-Germain and joining Real Madrid. The child seen in the video closely resembles a young Kylian Mbappé.
However, the video is a “deepfake,” a video generated using artificial intelligence in which the face of the child actually filmed in this sequence has been replaced by that of Kylian Mbappé.
‘It only took me a few hours to create this video’
The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke with Younes, a 25-year-old computer developer and the administrator of the @frenchaicovers account:
I’ve been passionate about computer science since I was very young, and I’m highly interested in ‘deepfake’ technology. I taught myself by searching for free tutorials on the internet that…
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