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Artificial intelligence

PolitiFact is committed to documenting how content produced with generative artificial intelligence is used to deceive people online. 

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mostly true
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0% 3 Checks
mostly false
0% 1 Checks
false
0% 37 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 36 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Artificial intelligence

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:
The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026
Paul Renner
stated on July 2, 2026 in a debate:
Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • July 9, 2026
Social Media
stated on June 5, 2026 in social media posts:
This image shows a person stuffing ballots into a California ballot box.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • June 8, 2026
Social Media
stated on May 31, 2026 in social media posts:
A video shows workers removing President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • June 1, 2026
X posts
stated on May 14, 2026 in X posts:
Video shows U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds saying, “Insider trading should absolutely be allowed for members of Congress.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • May 15, 2026
Instagram posts
stated on April 26, 2026 in una publicación en Instagram:
Imagen muestra que “950 inmigrantes derrumbaron el muro fronterizo entre México y Estados Unidos intentando ingresar a Estados Unidos” en abril 2026.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 30, 2026
Social Media
stated on April 26, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows “unedited raw security footage” of the shooter at the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 29, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2026 in Facebook posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 21, 2026
Social Media
stated on April 6, 2026 in social media posts:
Photos and clips show the moon from Artemis II.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 8, 2026
Social Media
stated on April 4, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows a US soldier crying and saying she misses home and her family.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 7, 2026
Social Media
stated on April 5, 2026 in social media posts:
Photos show rescues of U.S. F-15 airmen from Iran in April 2026.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 6, 2026
Social Media
stated on March 15, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows toddler crying over casket of American service member killed in Iran.
False
By Grace Abels • March 16, 2026
Social Media
stated on March 13, 2026 in social media posts:
An AI video is proof that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 13, 2026
TikTok posts
stated on March 6, 2026 in una publicación en TikTok:
El líder de Corea del Norte Kim Jong Un dijo que “ningún Dios podrá proteger a Estados Unidos de nuestras nuevas armas”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 12, 2026
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2026 in una publicación en TikTok:
El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele dijo, “con las guerras que ha empezado Donald Trump les pido a todos los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos…
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • March 9, 2026
James Fishback
stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers “drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%” and “suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 22, 2026 in a TikTok post:
U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach…
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • February 27, 2026
Social Media
stated on February 24, 2026 in social media posts:
An audio clip reveals a Jeffrey Epstein victim’s account of abuse by the Clintons.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero, Maria Briceño • February 26, 2026
Social Media
stated on February 22, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales:
Imagen muestra a Puerto Vallarta, México, después de la muerte de Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, el líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 23, 2026
Social Media
stated on February 22, 2026 in social media posts:
Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 23, 2026
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