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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Milmo and Pjotr Sauer

Deepfakes v pre-bunking: is Russia losing the infowar?

Left: a still from a deepfake of Volodymyr Zelenskiy appearing to call on his soldiers to lay down their weapons. Right: a still from Zelenskiy’s response on Instagram
Left: a still from a deepfake of Volodymyr Zelenskiy appearing to call on his soldiers to lay down their weapons. Right: a still from Zelenskiy’s response on Instagram. Photograph: Twitter

Speaking behind a podium bearing the Ukrainian state emblem, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his now signature green attire, calls on his soldiers to lay down their weapons and return to their families.

The one-minute clip is a deepfake, the term for a sophisticated hoax that uses artificial intelligence to create a phoney image, most commonly fake videos of people.

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