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Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.

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Google has updated its SynthID Detector after a Full Fact investigation found the tool said apparently real images shared by politicians were “made or edited” with AI.

It now says it’s ‘Unsure’ about the images.

Our investigation 👇
https://t.co/Q6uJzpN0BE

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At #PMQs earlier Andy Burnham said that yesterday Britain saw “unemployment down and improved labour market statistics”.

See exactly what’s happened in our explainer with the latest figures.
https://t.co/Y4861Mz8hc

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Pensioner poverty has halved in the past 30 years, as the shadow work and pensions secretary @Helen_Whately claimed. But how much of this was down to the Conservatives?

Almost all the fall she’s talking about happened under Labour.
https://t.co/ML1RpjGIU9

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Because Jackdaw’s licence was already issued before Labour entered government, we’re still rating this pledge “appears on track”. (2/2)

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Following the government’s decision to green light production at the Jackdaw gas field, we’ve updated our Government Tracker page monitoring Labour’s pledge to not issue new exploration licences. (1/2)
https://t.co/WG1MVXUeII

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Have you seen this image of an elderly French couple in their underwear being shared online with claims they were stripped and robbed during the recent riots in France?

It’s AI and there are no official reports confirming the attack.
https://t.co/ASEVGRsGVh

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You might have seen a video of Palestinian and Jordanian flags being flown from the top of the Eiffel Tower recently.

But, this clip was generated with AI and there’s no evidence it shows a real event.

Read our check here 👇

https://t.co/gQSjJ5vj1I

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A dramatic image of protesters throwing fireworks and waving Palestinian flags outside the Eiffel Tower has been shared widely online.

But it’s not real—it was made with AI.

Read our fact check to find out how we can tell 👇

https://t.co/ri9NndEKrp

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After Andy Burnham’s conference speech last month provided further detail on what the government’s proposed National Care Service will entail, we’ve updated our Government Tracker page monitoring progress on this pledge 👇
https://t.co/cBdoV8RYGK

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A video of police with shields and batons is being shared with captions suggesting it shows the recent student protests in France.

But this video has been online since at least March 2023.
https://t.co/oT4xJkQCbB

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For 10 weeks, we asked five AI chatbots the same questions every day.

None repeated the core misinformation they were tested on, but they reported proposals as law, quoted outdated figures and gave different answers on different days.

Our first report: https://t.co/A7IDSRFc6Y

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A video of a woman being dragged away by uniformed men has been shared with the false claim that it shows forced military conscription in Ukraine.

This isn’t the case—the clip actually shows a scene from an environmental protest in Kyiv.

This is how we know 👇

https://t.co/azQUE67UAe

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A compilation video claiming to show clips of President Zelenskyy belly dancing has been shared online again and includes AI deepfakes.

https://t.co/GhEGrNdshv

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Home Office minister Jo White claimed yesterday that the number of hotels housing asylum seekers “has fallen from 400 when we came into power to fewer than 160.”

That’s not correct. The number of hotels in use when Labour took office was 213.
https://t.co/gByJNlUMti

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A fake image supposedly showing a tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park is circulating online.

A man died as a result of the incident, and police asked people not to share footage of the attack - but this image isn’t real and was made with AI.

https://t.co/6VPYRhJSpg

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A dramatic video of an aeroplane being hit by a missile and exploding has been widely shared online with claims it shows a recent attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

But the video isn’t real. It was made with AI.
https://t.co/LcMvINmZoo

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Read more about our methodology and key findings here: https://t.co/A7IDSRFc6Y

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1/ For 10 weeks, our fact checkers and data scientists asked five leading AI chatbots the same 22 questions every day: Gemini 3.1, ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek and Claude.

None repeated the core misinformation they were tested on. But we found several points of failure 🧵

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6/ We’re calling on AI companies to make sure models:

▪️check live, authoritative sources for time-sensitive facts
▪️distinguish clearly between rules in force and proposals
▪️keep essential caveats, even if answers get longer
▪️can account for the sources they cite