By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Rafael Nadal says photos of him selling funding schemes are AI scams.
The King of Clay warned followers and followers to not fall for deep pretend photos of him purportedly supporting funding platforms.
Hola a todos,
Comparto este mensaje de alerta, algo poco routine en mis redes, pero necesario.Hemos detectado junto a mi equipo que circulan en algunas plataformas vídeos falsos generados por inteligencia synthetic, en los que aparece una figura que imita mi imagen y voz.
En…
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) September 23, 2025
“I’m sharing this unusual but necessary message. My team and I have discovered that artificial intelligence — generated videos are being spread on some platforms, in which a figure imitates my appearance and voice,” Nadal posted on social media. “These videos falsely attribute investment advice or proposals to me. This is deceptive advertising.
“Please be cautious: I have never created or endorsed such messages. Thank you all for your attention and support.”
Former world No. 1 Nadal was within the information final week when rival Roger Federer informed CNBC he’d like to do a Fedal Exhibition Tour with Nadal in some unspecified time in the future within the close to future.
The 44-year-old Federer, who appears extraordinarily match, says he’s been enjoying tennis pretty continuously and would like to reunite with previous rival Rafa.
“Why not? I love Rafa,” Federer informed CNBC. “I played four hours of tennis the other day in LA—here in San Francisco, sorry—and then in LA also another hour and a half. So before that I’ve been playing a lot.
“I’ve been trying to keep in good shape. And I know that Rafa is totally open to maybe playing some tennis. It sounds terrible, seniors tennis, to us but maybe we can create a tour like a Fedal Tour or something like that. I mean it would be cool.”
