Culture & Society
Fake images of Portsmouth small boats protest circulate online
AI-generated images are being shared on social media alongside claims about anti-migrant protestors. Read
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Fact checks, commentary and analysis of claims fully or partially generated by AI.
Politics
AI image of Shabana Mahmood wearing keffiyeh headscarf circulating online
A photo showing the home secretary wearing a keffiyeh as a hijab has been shared on social media, but it features a SynthID watermark that shows it was generated with OpenAI tools. Read
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Culture & Society
Videos of woman in niqab telling police ‘you can’t arrest me’ are fake
AI-generated clips showing a woman being arrested by police officers in a supermarket have been shared by multiple accounts on Facebook. Read
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Crime
Video compilation of police tackling ‘scooter thieves’ is fake
A video being shared on social media supposedly showing police officers tackling “scooter thieves” was generated using AI. Read
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Politics
Image of Andy Burnham running has been edited to include film crew
There are real pictures of the Prime Minister running near his home in Cheshire but one image circulating online has been edited to include people with cameras and microphones in the foreground. Read
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Immigration
Video of man waving machete on small boat isn’t real
A viral video apparently showing a migrant on a small boat has been altered using artificial intelligence to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete. Read
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Politics
Story about struggling nurse posted on MP’s social media accounts is ‘fictional’
Labour MP Sureena Brackenridge told Full Fact the post, shared alongside what appears to be an AI image, was intended to “share policy news, explored through a narrative”. Read
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Politics
Photo of Andy Burnham edited to include several women wearing Islamic dress
The real image of Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament was posted by Labour’s Deputy Leader, Lucy Powell MP, and does not feature several women at the front in Islamic dress. Read
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Immigration
Videos of people giving their views on immigration are AI fakes
Videos supposedly showing members of the public talking about their views on immigration aren’t real—they’ve been generated using AI. Read
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Immigration
Video of Royal Navy officer discussing migrant Channel crossings is fake
A video circulating on Facebook which appears to show a navy officer saying small boat crossings are a violation of sovereignty isn’t real. It’s been generated with AI. Read
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