VIT Vellore student sends ChatGPT generated Xavi Hernandez hoax job application mail to prank AIFF

It has come to light that a 19-year-old student of VIT Vellore had actually sent a mail to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) impersonating Barcelona and Spain legend Xavi Hernandez seeking the role of head coach of the senior men's team. The development comes a day after the football body confirmed that the job application attributed to Xavi for the coaching role was a hoax.

The AIFF's national team director told The Times of India on Thursday that Xavi's name was on the list of applicants. The report also quoted an AIFF technical committee member saying the his candidacy was deemed too expensive to pursue.

"The AIFF received an email furnishing the applications from Spanish coaches Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez. The authenticity of their applications could not be confirmed, and it has since emerged that the email applications were not genuine," the football body said in a statement on Saturday.

Speaking to The Telegraph Online, the student said he had generated a fake email id with the name xaviofficialfcb@gmail.com. As mentioned in the report the application was generated through a ChatGpt prompt: "Write an email by Xavi Hernandez expressing his interest to coach the Indian national team."