Fact checks, commentary and analysis of claims fully or partially generated by AI.
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
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
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
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
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
TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times. Read
Science & Technology
The visual search tool failed to identify certain images as inauthentic and shared incorrect information about what some images show. Read
