Rafael Nadal warns about fake videos of him offering financial advice

Howard Fendrich · The Associated Press

· Posted: Sep 23, 2025 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 23

Rafael Nadal is informing astir fake online videos of him offering fiscal advice, and the risks of artificial intelligence.

The retired tennis large said Tuesday helium has ne'er endorsed immoderate of the online videos oregon their messages.

"I privation to stock this connection of caution — thing antithetic for my societal media, but necessary," helium wrote connected Linkedin. "In caller days, unneurotic with my team, we person detected fake videos circulating connected immoderate platforms. These were generated with artificial intelligence, showing a fig that imitates my representation and my voice. In those videos, I americium falsely attributed with concern proposal oregon proposals that successful nary lawsuit travel from me."

Nadal said it was "misleading advertising, wholly unrelated" to him.

He talked astir society's situation of learning to separate betwixt what is existent and what is manipulated, and of "promoting an ethical and liable usage of technology."

"Innovation is ever affirmative erstwhile it serves people, but we indispensable stay alert of its risks and enactment with captious thinking," helium said. "Artificial quality is simply a instrumentality with tremendous potential, susceptible of bringing bonzer advancement successful education, medicine, sports, and communication. However, it tin besides beryllium misused, creating mendacious contented that generates disorder and whitethorn deceive galore people."