Artificial intelligence has examined a provocative claim surrounding Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, and a suggested paternity involving three children connected to blogger Irina Bolgar. The analysis relies on an AI assessment that compares facial features across images to gauge potential kinship. The dataset for this evaluation draws on publicly available materials and related media reports, with the aim of exploring whether likenesses can indicate biological connections. The results indicate notable similarity in some pairings while others show far lower correspondences. The experiment and its conclusions are presented with the caveat that facial resemblance does not establish a verified biological relationship; it simply highlights patterns observed by the model in question. These findings are described in reports that emphasize the exploratory nature of the exercise and acknowledge limitations in inferring family ties from appearance alone.
The developer behind the model explains that the program analyzes two photos at a time and yields a live similarity score. The published method indicates that when similarity passes a threshold, the system flags the possibility that the two images depict the same person. In this case, the reported threshold was set around eighty percent, and several comparisons approached or exceeded that cutoff, prompting discussion about potential paternity within the described context. The explanations stress that such a threshold is a heuristic, not a proof of biological relationships.
In the reported exercise, the AI calculated a 40.47 percent similarity between Bolgar’s daughter Leia and Durov’s childhood image, suggesting a relatively low match by the model’s criteria. In contrast, Bolgar’s older son Daniel reached a similarity level of 59.02 percent with Durov, and the strongest correspondence appeared when Durov was compared with Bolgar’s youngest child, David, showing an 82.28 percent similarity score. The images used for the children were taken from Bolgar’s publicly visible Instagram activity, which has been the subject of ongoing political and regulatory discussions in some jurisdictions.
According to Bolgar, the timeline of their personal relationship traces back to the summer of 2012, followed by several months of cohabitation. By December 2013, the couple welcomed their first child, Leah. A son named Daniel arrived in St. Petersburg in January 2016, and the youngest, David, was born in September 2017. Bolgar’s disclosures earlier in the year provided a narrative that aligned with the dating period and subsequent family growth as reflected in public accounts and timelines.
In a later development, Bolgar indicated during August that she had supplied what she described as evidence linking Durov to her children. The broader public discourse around these claims has been shaped by ongoing talks about whistleblowing, public records, and the private dimension of celebrity and tech leadership.
Earlier remarks attributed to Durov in other posts referenced a large and varied family tree, noting that the founder has numerous biological children spread across multiple nations. The wording of those statements has contributed to a broader conversation about the reach of public figures and the ways in which private life intersects with digital identity in a global media environment.