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  • Fact Check: Image Showing President Trump Using Walker Is NOT Real -- Gemini AI Made It

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    Is a photo showing President Donald Trump using a walker to assist him real? No, that's not true: The image has the SynthID watermark that indicates it was created by Google's Gemini AI tool, according to an analysis by Google's Gemini tool. The image may have been created for satirical reasons since it was posted soon after President Trump signed…

    • Dec 11, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Image Showing President Trump Using Walker Is NOT Real -- Gemini AI Made It AI Watermarked
  • Fact Check: Prank About Mountain Collapse Near Casper, Wyoming Was Joke Post From Satirical Facebook Page

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    Did "an entire unnamed mountain" collapse into itself near Casper, Wyoming at the end of 2025 and were emergency crews from several states mobilizing? No, that's not true: A viral post and image making that claim originated on a satirical Facebook page. Earlier there was a (much smaller) collapse in Wyoming's Teton mountains but that happened over 250 miles from…

    • Dec 7, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Prank About Mountain Collapse Near Casper, Wyoming Was Joke Post From Satirical Facebook Page Fake Image
  • Fact Check: Videos Of NYPD Officers Arresting ICE Agents Are NOT Real -- Made By Sora AI Tool

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    Are videos of New York Police officers arresting or threatening to arrest ICE agents on the streets and in the subways of New York real? No, that's not true: A series of videos portraying confrontations between NYPD and ICE officers were created by OpenAI's SORA artificial intelligence app. Many of them can be traced to one content creator who posted…

    • Dec 6, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Videos Of NYPD Officers Arresting ICE Agents Are NOT Real -- Made By Sora AI Tool Sora Made It
  • Fact Check: Videos Of Prisoner Escaping Through Courtroom Ceiling After Being Sentenced To Prison Are NOT Real -- They're AI-Made

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    Are videos showing a prisoner jumping through a drop ceiling to escape a courtroom after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison real? No, that's not true: These videos were generated by an artificial intelligence tool. The videos are labeled as "AI-generated media" on the TikTok channel where they were first shared. Glitches and movements that defy physical realities…

    • Dec 2, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Videos Of Prisoner Escaping Through Courtroom Ceiling After Being Sentenced To Prison Are NOT Real -- They're AI-Made AI Made This
  • Fact Check: Stolen Louvre Jewels Were NOT Seized From Zelenskyy Associate, Ukrainian Billionaire Timur Mindich

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    Have Ukrainian investigators recovered the jewels stolen from the Louvre museum from the assets of a Ukrainian billionaire who is an associate of President Zelenskyy? No, that's not true: The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), which purportedly seized the jewels, has not posted anything about it on social media. The NABU has denied it was true in a statement…

    • Nov 30, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Stolen Louvre Jewels Were NOT Seized From Zelenskyy Associate, Ukrainian Billionaire Timur Mindich Not Found Yet
  • Fact Check: Video Of Fight Between Moose And Polar Bear In Alaska Is NOT Real -- AI Generated

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    Does a real video show a fight between a moose and a polar bear in Alaska? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated and shows several glitches and inconsistencies typical in AI-generated content. It originated from a YouTube channel specializing in AI-generated tutorials and content, and was labeled with the disclaimer, "Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally…

    • Nov 20, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Of Fight Between Moose And Polar Bear In Alaska Is NOT Real -- AI Generated AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Photo Of Walmart Clearance Sale On All Trump Merch for 99 Cents Is NOT Real -- Gemini 2.0 AI Made It

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    Is an image of a Walmart clearance sale on all Trump Merchandise for 99 cents in November 2025 real? No, that's not true: The photo includes a Gemini watermark in the lower-right corner, indicating it was created with Google's generative AI app. There are several misspellings on the merchandise that confirm it is fake, including a red MAGA hat that…

    • Nov 20, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Photo Of Walmart Clearance Sale On All Trump Merch for 99 Cents Is NOT Real -- Gemini 2.0 AI Made It AI Made This
  • Fact Check: AI Glitches In Video Showing Bodies Moving 'On Their Own' Next To Nurse Or Doctor In Morgue

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    Did a viral video really show dead bodies moving on their own in a morgue? No, that's not true: The video, showing four different scenes of bodies appearing to move their legs as four different women sat next to them writing some kind of report or doing paperwork, had the typical glitches of footage generated using artificial intelligence. A specialized…

    • Nov 16, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Glitches In Video Showing Bodies Moving 'On Their Own' Next To Nurse Or Doctor In Morgue AI Corpses
  • Fact Check: Video Of Donald Trump Touching Bill Clinton's Crotch Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated

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    Is a video of Donald Trump touching and patting Bill Clinton's crotch authentic? No, that's not true: The first frame of the six-second clip is a real image of Trump and Clinton at a golf tournament in 2000 that was released by the Clinton Library in 2016. The rest of the video was created by an artificial intelligence tool, which…

    • Nov 15, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Of Donald Trump Touching Bill Clinton's Crotch Is NOT Real -- It's AI-Generated AI Video
  • Fact Check: Video of Senator Jon Ossoff Saying He Voted To Keep Government Shutdown Because He Could Never Say No To Chuck Schumer Is NOT Real -- It's AI

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    Is a video of U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, saying he voted to keep the government shut down because he could never say no to Chuck Schumer, real? No, that's not true: A small disclaimer at the bottom of the video acknowledges that it was made by an artificial intelligence tool. The video, which was shared on the…

    • Nov 13, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video of Senator Jon Ossoff Saying He Voted To Keep Government Shutdown Because He Could Never Say No To Chuck Schumer Is NOT Real -- It's AI AI Made This
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