AI-Generated Pregnancy Claims: Nollywood’s Annabel Apara laments price of fame in deepfake era

By Prisca Sam-Duru
It started with pictures. Then videos on social media. In both, Nollywood actress Annabel Apara appeared visibly pregnant, smiling, cradling a bump that never existed. She was even seen purportedly sharing announcements and clips documenting a pregnancy journey. Within hours, the images were everywhere – shared on WhatsApp groups, reposted on blogs, debated in comment sections. The only problem? It was all fake. That’s what an AI deepfake can do. “I’ve been seeing a lot of AI-generated pictures and videos of me being supposedly ‘pregnant,’ and that isn’t true,” Apara said, breaking her silence on the viral fabrication. For the fast-rising actress, who broke into Nolly...