Fact checks, commentary and analysis of claims fully or partially generated by AI.
Politics
An image which has gone viral on Facebook and supposedly shows the Reform UK leader fulfilling a child’s “final wish” by visiting them in hospital isn’t real. Read
Science & Technology
Comment on this week’s news concerning the pitfalls of AI chatbots, and where free speech ends and public safety begins. Read
World
Posts being shared on social media suggest a video shows a mass funeral taking place in Sudan, but the clip is almost certainly AI-generated. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Videos circulating on social media claim passengers at major UK airports will be required to pay a £10 fee to use the toilet. But both Heathrow and Gatwick airports have confirmed this isn’t true. Read
Shopping
Despite claims being shared on social media, Toby Carvery has confirmed it is not giving away free carveries for two to those who like and comment on certain Facebook posts. Read
Health
Strange videos of a professor offering cures for “thermometer leg” led Full Fact to uncover an army of social media accounts promoting wellness products with fake AI ‘endorsements’. Read
Health
A series of social media videos falsely claim the government has introduced a “healthy basket bill” to monitor people’s food shopping. Read
Crime
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings. Read
Politics
Social media videos purporting to be of King Charles talking about an alleged insult from Prime Minister Keir Starmer aren’t real. Read
Politics
A clip that appears to show Conservative MP George Freeman saying he is joining Reform UK isn’t real, and was likely made using artificial intelligence. Read
