AI-generated image shows Flávio Bolsonaro licking US military boots

A picture that shows Flávio Bolsonaro licking an US military boot was generated with artificial intelligence. The content manipulated the Brazilian presidential hopeful image to criticize his alliance with Donald Trump.

The image has synthetic characteristics such as plastic aspect and difference in the politician’s appearance. This observatory also submitted the content to the tool AI or Not, which concluded that there is more than 90% chance that the content was artificially generated.