Truth or Fake

As Donald Trump marks one year back in the White House, Vedika Bahl takes a closer look at how he has weaponised artificial intelligence into a top political tool, used to glorify himself, attack his opponents and amplify his political agenda. Whilst it has become a defining feature of his digital presence, it’s brought with […]

In the aftermath of Renee Good’s death during an immigration raid in Minnesota, an internet manhunt began to identify the ICE agent. Using artificial intelligence, internet users ‘unmasked’ the officer at the scene and falsely identified him, triggering threats and vitriol towards 2 unrelated people with that name. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

Amid nationwide protests in Iran against the country’s theocracy, this week has also seen rallies take place in support of the government. But online, social media users have been sharing misleading content about these pro-regime rallies, using AI-generated footage and dated images to talk up the demonstrations. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth

For around two weeks – and despite an internet blackout – thousands of Iranians have been mobilising in large protests that threaten the future of the ruling regime. But some internet users are casting doubt over the protest images, claiming they’re in fact much smaller than they appear, or using camera trickery or AI manipulation.

Elon Musk’s AI Grok has been fiercely criticised in recent days, after the chatbot began generating sexualised images of women and girls, flooding the app with explicit content. Some of the images involve girls as young as 10 years old, sparking global backash. Multiple countries worldwide have demanded answers on how X on how the app

A video showing emotional Venezuelans celebrating the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro – and thanking US President Donald Trump – has been widely shared on social media, and even reposted by Elon Musk. The clip, however, is AI-generated. It joins several other false videos claiming to show joy and celebrations in Venezuela, either via

After President Donald Trump announced Nicolas Maduro’s capture in a social media post, AI-generated images claiming to show the incident flooded social media. These fake images were even used by some news sites and reposted by the official White House X account. Vedika Bahl talks us through what she’s seen online, and how misleading they