Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's expressive face has often led to her being romantically paired with other prominent global figures online, and her recent appearance with Elon Musk has prompted the emergence of "Muskloni" fans.
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00:00A viral video of Musk and Meloni kissing is AI generated.
00:08A video is circulating online that apparently shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk sharing a passionate
00:14embrace with Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgio Meloni. The video has been shared across social
00:20media, including X and Instagram, and is often accompanied by some sort of caption suggesting
00:25the pair's affection for one another. This one, for example, says e amore, or it's love in Italian.
00:31Sometimes a variation of the video shows a similar, but perhaps slightly less intimate,
00:36kiss. In this one, Meloni keeps her hands behind her back rather than caressing Musk's face.
00:41Bad news for any Musk-Meloni shippers out there though, because these videos have been AI
00:46generated. There are some classic tell-tale signs that this is the case. If you look closely at the
00:51pair's hands, you can see they appear distorted and blurred at certain points. The characters'
00:56facial features change as they move as well, so much so they don't even look like Meloni and Musk
01:01at times. Other figures in the background are also blurred. The fake videos appear to have been
01:06generated off the back of Meloni and Musk's meeting in Paris for the reopening of the Notre
01:11Dame Cathedral. Real pictures from the event, which gathered leaders and other high-profile
01:16figures from around the world, show the pair smiling and laughing together. The images prompted
01:21a widely shared meme online, hinting at a possible romantic relationship between Musk and Meloni,
01:27which some dubbed Musk-Loni. One of the images in particular appears to be the basis for the
01:32fake videos, with Meloni looking at Musk adoringly. It's not the first time the Italian Prime Minister
01:37has been paired with other prominent figures due to her expressive nature. She's previously caught
01:42the eye of social media users for her interactions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
01:47former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. For more fact-checks, take a look at Euronews.com.