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Google’s new AI tool helps fact-checkers investigate AI fakes

Aug. 19, 2026, 3:18 p.m.Backstory automates provenance checks, reverse image searches, and context tracing to speed up verification work. Every day the fact-checking team for one of India’s largest news organizations works to debunk a slew of false and misleading images circulating across social media. For the six-person team at India Today, that might include addressing an AI-generated archival photograph of a politician, a clip of deadly flooding ripped from its original context, or a full-on...

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