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Recent fact checks
Google Lens AI and Grok, the AI chatbot of X, have been claiming that fake imagery shows the aftermath of the Huntingdon train attack.
Grok told users that one AI-generated image of an injured man lying in a carriage “appears to be a genuine photo”, while Google Lens incorrectly said the same image was a still from a BBC News report.
The health secretary Wes Streeting and NHS England both incorrectly claimed that one in five children are obese when they leave primary school.
This figure is based on a broader definition of obesity than the one that doctors use and includes children who aren’t clinically obese.
Footage has been shared on social media alongside claims it shows a robotic dog patrolling the grounds of a “migrant hotel”.
This is false. The footage does appear to show a robotic dog, but it was filmed at the grounds of a building housing a religious group in Crewe.
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