United States
Is a viral clip of JFK disagreeing with Israeli policy real or AI?
We asked media forensics experts to analyse the “never-before-seen clip”. Read
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Fact checks, commentary and analysis of claims fully or partially generated by AI.
Politics
SNP edited image sows confusion online
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
Analysis
Politics
Video of voters on the street is AI-generated
We’ve detected Google’s AI watermark in the video, which has other signs it can’t be trusted. Read
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Politics
Video of Donald Trump altered to include fake audio of him criticising Sadiq Khan
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
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Politics
Glasgow candidate’s ‘illustrative’ AI campaign videos don’t show real events
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
Analysis
Immigration
AI-generated videos of upturned dinghies in the English Channel circulate online
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
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Conflict
Fake image of people cleaning blood off street in Iran shared online
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
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Culture & Society
Video of Muslim women calling for Brighton beach to be dog-free is AI
A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine. Read
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Crime
Fake image of Jewish charity ambulances on fire shared online
An AI-generated image of the incident, which saw four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community ambulance service set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning, has been posted on social media. Read
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Crime
Viral image of Ian Huntley in hospital is fake
A widely shared image that appears to show the Soham murderer in hospital after being attacked in prison isn’t real and was made using artificial intelligence. Read
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