Japanese scientists use AI to prove Vladimir Putin uses body doubles

Japanese scientists use AI to prove Vladimir Putin uses at least two body doubles. The scientists used voice pattern software and AI to analyse both how Putin has walked during different events and his facial... Japanese AI analysis ’establishes Vladimir Putin DOES use body doubles to fake multiple public appearances’ amid speculation over serious illness Japanese researchers have claimed Vladimir Putin is using several different body doubles for public appearances, based on detailed Artificial Intelligence analysis. Their research, based on AI-enhanced facial recognition, voice comparison, and body movement scrutiny, indicates there are multiple Putins, each with their own unique voice and mannerisms. Claims of Putin using stand-ins or body doubles are not new and have been made by both Russian sources and the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence Lt-Gen Kyrylo Budanov - but have been previously denied by the Kremlin. Rumours of Putin’s deployment of body doubles abound as others claim he is suffering a litany of health problems. Yet now it appears there is compelling independent scientific evidence for his use of doppelgangers. A report for major Japanese TV network TBS surmised that the real Putin hosted this year’s annual Red Square Victory Day parade on 9 May. But sophisticated facial recognition technology found that the Putin who inspected the Crimean Bridge ten months ago was only a 53 per cent match with the Putin on Red Square. ’Experts on face recognition would refer to this as ’’not matching’’ in most cases, which leads us to the assumption this can be a double,’ said the commentary. One more Putin appearance - at the war front in occupied Mariupol in March - shows only a 40 per cent facial recognition likeness with the Putin seen on Red Square, says the analysis. Meanwhile, there was only an 18 per cent facial recognition likeness between the Putin on the Crimean Bridge and the Putin in Mariupol. ’AI facial recognition experts’ analysis clearly displays the high probability of at least two body doubles,’ the report surmised. The broadcast also conducted voice analysis at Japan’s Institute of Audio Communication Laboratory, which works closely with police on criminal investigations. This analysis for voice biometrics concentrated on the word ’spasibo’ - or ’thank you’ - uttered by ’Putin’ on different occasions. The Putin who addressed the Eurasian Economic Union Forum held in May 2023 - assumed to be the real dictator - was found to be different to three other ’Putin’ appearances. The TV analysis concluded that Putin’s voice was different at the forum to other Putin examples at different appearances. ’Other than the difference in pronouncing the sound ’’s’’, there is a remarkable gap in pronouncing ’pa’ and ’si consecutively,’ said the narrator. Graphs were shown of the voice analysis highlighting the differences in emphasis. Expert Mutsutoshi Muraoka said: ’There is a difference in the recording conditions, as well as the utterance as it is, but still it is extremely rare to have such strong differences. ’We have to say at this point that the possibility of these two voices belonging to different people is high.’ While the voices are superficially similar, the analysis graphs show them to be starkly different. This suggests that a double was used at the military support concert in February and the Mariupol visit in March, when the same doppelgänger was deployed. This indicates that a double is used even in front of thousands of people - as at the concert. The programme suggested this was ’risky’ - making him vulnerable to being spotted as a fake. Yet the programme suggested a double may have been used due to the risk of assassination associated with the war in Ukraine. Akiyoshi Komaki, a member of the Asahi newspaper editorial board, commented: ’Putin was speaking a few short sentences, the stadium being huge and him standing on the stage seen from afar saying a few greetings. ’It was rather easy to use a body double if so. ’What surprised me more was his appearance at the helicopter plant and talking there for 30 some minutes.’ And the same double appeared was used at the helicopter plant in Siberia in March. ’The body double did the 30 minute speech there alone, truly remarkable of him being outstanding person for a double,’ viewers of TBS NEWS DIG were told. At the time there was speculation that this was a double - Putin was seen waving his hands around and repeatedly touching his nose, not traits especially common with the dictator. A former KGB spy colleague Sergei Zhirnov said at the time that he believed this was a doppelganger not scared to get close to people in the way Putin had been. Body movement analysis using the latest AI techniques also leads to the conclusion that Putin uses doubles, the Japanese analysis suggested.