AI makes many famous players fall into "half-crying, half-laughing" situations

Szoboszlai, Messi, Ronaldo and many other famous players in the world have become victims of AI photo manipulation.

After the match against Ireland in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Europe, midfielder Szoboszlai received a lot of criticism from fans for his excessive celebration. Some rude comments about this player even came from Hungarian fans.

But in reality, Szoboszlai was the victim of AI manipulation. Specifically, after Hungary increased the score to 2-1 against Ireland in the 37th minute (a result that helped Hungary qualify for the 2026 World Cup play-offs), the Liverpool star made a gesture of putting his thumb to his nose to celebrate.

Szoboszlai's goal celebration photo was photoshopped.

In football, this celebration is a sign of confidence. It is also a common celebration and does not lead to serious consequences. In Szoboszlai's situation, it was understandable that he performed such a celebration.

But after the match ended, an anonymous account edited Szoboszlai's photo into a completely different celebration. Specifically, the AI-generated photo showed the Hungarian captain holding his hands up to his face and making a fake crying gesture. It was a gesture that showed disrespect to the opponent.

After this photo was posted, many other famous accounts shared it and it quickly became a hit on social media. The photo even reached millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes on social media sites in just a few hours.

At that time, most fans did not know that it was an AI-generated product, so they harshly criticized Szoboszlai. What made this photo especially interesting was that Hungary lost the match and lost the play-off ticket.

In response to the rapid spread of the photo, Hungarian state-run media outlet M4 Sport had to post a video taken from the pitch, capturing the entire goal celebration, clearly showing that there was no fake crying to "clear the name" of the Liverpool star.

Messi was photo-edited by AI sitting with FIFA President.

But Szoboszlai is not the only victim of AI photo manipulation. Just over a week ago, superstar Lionel Messi also fell into a similar situation.

Specifically, on social networks suddenly appeared a photo of "Messi in a secret meeting with the FIFA President and Qatar billionaire before the 2022 World Cup". After this photo appeared, many people suspected that the Argentina team winning the 2022 World Cup was related to this "secret meeting". But not long after, everything was cleared up when the photo was discovered to be a product of AI.

Or even before that, after Portuguese striker Diogo Jota died in a traffic accident. Social networks appeared a series of photos of his teammate Ronaldo visiting the grave alone. And it also spread at a dizzying speed.

But then this photo was quickly discovered to be a product of AI because of its brightness, sharpness, and "industrial" background.

The explosion of AI technology brings many benefits. However, using this technology for the wrong purpose also brings very serious consequences and photoshopping famous football players is just one of those consequences.

Source: https://baoxaydung.vn/ai-khien-nhieu-cau-thu-noi-tieng-roi-vao-canh-do-khoc-do-cuoi-192251121164216745.htm