Why Wolf can still laugh at Aye ‘Deepfech Porn’ tribute

Toto Wolf is no longer one of the most successful team principals in Formula 1 history. In an era where the Grand Prix racing is booming, and this year with a “F1-Movie” led by Brad Pitt for theaters worldwide, the 53-year-old Austrian has also become a global social media icon.

In early 2019, a picture came out on the Internet during a nationwide protest in Lebanon against government corruption and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. In this, a man was reading a placard: “I want Toto Wolf to become our Prime Minister. He has the best strategies!”

Six years later, Instagram, Ticketkok and many other platforms have developed, with viral materials certainly tracier tracier. Watch for a long time and you can see the actual beach photos of Wolf, shirtless, other posts are characterized by AI works manipulated in other posts that have very little similarity for reality – with thousands of users liked and shared with fakes.

“I think what I have learned to spend too much time to try to take it personal” says Toto Wolf

A “overload” of information

An event, Wolf says, he pays some attention. “My target audiences are not social media users,” he said at dinner with Dutch media representatives at Zandwort. My targeted audience is more adults. But from time to time, I take a look at what is being made there. Sometimes also AI-dotted photos. But I find it entertaining. ,

Wolf Chakli when he adds: “You can do anything fake with deepfec. I think there are some porn videos with my face on some body.” Pressed, he said that it does not bother him, joking, “As long as it is a good looking body and I perform well in the scenes.”

Public figures such as Wolf – and global organizations such as Mercedes have learned to deal with “fake news” in an era when social media and media have reported prolifts in countless channels that are beyond someone’s control. And not only with clear AI fake, but also in the so -called traditional media.

Those days when Formula 1 in Padock has been reported by a handful of journalists, they have gone for a long time. Today, a person like Wolf takes the risk of misinterpreting in every interview. Even if his words are confidently introduced Platform xStory by Ritold Platform Y – Cited Platform x – Can already be distracted by origin.

“Today is an overload of information. And with each retailing, a story moves beyond the source. You read something one day, and it is already being interpreted in a different way from the next. All for a sensational title. And when you read the article, it is usually much less luxurious or controversial than the headline,” Volf explains.

“I have not even learned to take it in person. At one point I asked Bradley, the head of our communication, Bradley, just to show me the worst example at the end of each day. And if he wanted to flatter me, perhaps the best.

“I (…) Porn Porn about me than not to care about me”

And as much formula 1 stars can be angry with online distortions, the obvious answer to the sheer explosion of stories and posts is: “This is good for Formula 1.”

He said, “It is proof of how strong our game is and how far it has reached the new audience. The social media buzz has taken Formula 1 from the storm.” For himself, Wolf admitted that he browses such content, “time -time, just for a laugh. But it is not part of my daily routine.”

Positive, they say, “Our audience is becoming a younger and fast woman. I have a person posing deep porn about me, because no one cares. Because there was a time when no one cares about us – and I remember it very well.”