Fact checks, commentary and analysis of claims fully or partially generated by AI.
Politics
While a video being shared on social media contains real clips of Jeremy Kyle, Mr Starmer’s response is AI-generated. Read
Politics
An old video of the Reform UK leader criticising the Budget and the Conservative party’s record has been edited to include fake audio of him calling London “an absolute s***show”. Read
Politics
Our investigation has found pages which mainly appear to be run from Vietnam have gained hundreds of thousands of interactions publishing bogus tales, often about Nigel Farage. Read
United States
We asked media forensics experts to analyse the “never-before-seen clip”. Read
Politics
The SNP told us it edited a real picture of First Minister John Swinney in front of his own ad “to enhance the billboard image which was obscured by bright sunlight”. Read
Politics
We’ve detected Google’s AI watermark in the video, which has other signs it can’t be trusted. Read
Politics
An old video of Donald Trump announcing ‘gold cards’ as path to US citizenship has been edited to include fake audio of him criticising the Mayor of London. Read
Politics
An independent Scottish Parliament candidate has shared two videos on Facebook with AI-generated scenes of him speaking to voters and visiting a school and hospital. Read
Immigration
Six people are known to have died so far in April attempting to cross the English Channel. But viral videos claiming to show overturned dinghies are not real and were made with AI. Read
Conflict
Although thousands of Iranian protesters were killed in January, a widely shared image showing officials cleaning a blood-soaked street was likely made with AI. Read
