AI-generated photos of Messi and Mia Khalifa circulate online

Recently, several photos have been circulating on social media showing Argentine football star Lionel Messi and former porn star Mia Khalifa in the same frame. The caption accompanying the photos read, “I thought this brother was very good,” implying that the pictures of Messi with Mia Khalifa are real.

See such posts on Facebook here (Archive), here (Archive), and here (Archive).

Fact-Check

An investigation by the Rumor Scanner team revealed that the widely circulated pictures of Lionel Messi with Mia Khalifa are not authentic. Instead, they were generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. A reverse image search on the pictures did not yield any credible media reports or reliable sources to support the claim that the images are genuine.

The investigation traced the potential original post of the images to an Instagram account with the username “_ul_0” posted on July 2. The post’s caption included a disclaimer that read, “These pictures are not real. They have been skillfully created using the latest artificial intelligence technology.”

Upon examining the said Instagram account, it was observed that multiple (here, here) AI-generated images have been posted at various times. Furthermore, a closer look at the circulated image reveals some abnormalities in the facial structure and overall composition, which are characteristic of content created with artificial intelligence technology.

To further confirm this, the images were tested on the AI content detection platform “Hive Moderation,” which indicated a 95-99% probability of them being AI-generated. 

Therefore, the claim that the AI-generated pictures of Argentine football star Lionel Messi and former porn star Mia Khalifa are real is false.

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