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* Picture of Mexican president wearing a ‘Make America Mexicana Again’ hat is AI fake
* Has the UK promised to give Ukraine £3 billion a year for the next 100 years?
* Question Time ‘slip of the tongue’ on Trump voters
* Government tracker
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On Tuesday 11 February, the UK government refused to sign the Artificial Intelligence Summit closing statement which called for a safe, ethical and trustworthy approach to the development of AI.
Regrettably, the UK government does not seem to have taken this opportunity to maintain its hard-won credibility as a world leader in the field.
In our work, we witness first hand the ongoing battle between AI’s ability to generate misinformation and its ability to identify it.
Many such challenges would be easier to grapple with if those developing new technologies were more open about how AI tools are made, collaborative in their approach to regulation, and considerate of the impact of these technologies on all users.
At Full Fact, we use our own AI tools ([link removed]) to help identify bad information and this week our team has written about some of the technology we have built to help.
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** Picture of Mexican president wearing a ‘Make America Mexicana Again’ hat is AI fake ([link removed])
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An image which appears to show Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, wearing a hat with the slogan “Make America Mexicana Again” has been circulating on social media.
This picture isn’t real and was likely created using artificial intelligence.
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** Has the UK promised to give Ukraine £3 billion a year for the next 100 years? ([link removed])
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Multiple social media posts have claimed the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised £3 billion a year to Ukraine for the next 100 years.
But this is not really correct.
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** Question Time ‘slip of the tongue’ on Trump voters ([link removed])
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The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Russell Findlay MSP, claimed on BBC One’s Question Time on Thursday 6th February that “140 million Americans cast their vote” for Donald Trump.
This isn’t correct.
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** Government tracker ([link removed])
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Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
Wednesday 12th February
* Is the government on track to abolish ‘non-dom’ tax status? ([link removed])
Tuesday 11th February
* Is the government delivering on its pledge to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote? ([link removed])
Monday 10th February
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