{"id":2291017,"date":"2024-07-09T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-purporting-to-show-keir-starmer-wearing-pink-dress-is-ai-generated\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:24:39","slug":"fact-check-viral-x-image-purporting-to-show-keir-starmer-wearing-pink-dress-is-ai-generated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-purporting-to-show-keir-starmer-wearing-pink-dress-is-ai-generated\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Purporting To Show Keir Starmer Wearing Pink Dress Is AI-Generated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-viral-x-image-purporting-to-show-keir-starmer-wearing-pink-dress-is-ai-generated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-large-demonstration-in-pakistan-following-the-ousting-of-imran-khan\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Large Demonstration In Pakistan Following The Ousting Of Imran Khan?\">viral image claiming<\/a> to show U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer \u200dwearing a pink dress and head \u200bcovering was found to\u2064 be false. The image \u200bwas actually\u2062 generated using artificial\u2062 intelligence (AI) and was debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-13-years-obamacare-offers-broken-promises-and-costly-consequences\/\" title=\"After 13 Years, \u2018Obamacare\u2019 Offers Broken Promises and Costly Consequences\">fact-checking sources<\/a>. Starmer recently became\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> after a Labour \u2062Party victory in the U.K. general election, marking the end of Conservative rule. The image in question, which garnered\u2064 over two\u2062 million views, was proven to be AI-generated by Snopes and\u200c other AI content detection scans. It&#8217;s important \u200bto note\u2062 that AI detectors can be manipulated with texture or grain added to images.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A viral image <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1800201341735981087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on X<\/a> purports to show recently elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wearing a pink dress and a matching head covering.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What will Britain look like after 5 years of Sir Keir Starmer? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w73tW0Rkgz\">pic.twitter.com\/w73tW0Rkgz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1800201341735981087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim is false. On July 5, Snopes reported the image was generated with artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starmer recently became prime minister after the Labour Party won a \u201clandslide victory\u201d in the U.K. general election, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/05\/uk\/uk-election-labour-win-gbr-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. Labour\u2019s victory marks an end to \u201c14 years of Conservative rule\u201d in the U.K., the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The X image, viewed over two million times as of writing, purports to show Starmer wearing a pink dress and a matching head covering. \u201cWhat will Britain look like after 5 years of Sir Keir Starmer?\u201d the image\u2019s caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is false, however. Check Your Fact did not find the image of Starmer referenced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=d7f5b94d2e0e1e85&#038;sca_upv=1&#038;q=keir+starmer&#038;tbm=nws&#038;source=lnms&#038;fbs=AEQNm0B0_gh8CxXz4cskeePLV_Uw5cg9cpOenTbX4UBVI-nT7ONL70YZ8KWGZB_kmiqGqSd_cQVEWj7120g7Dte6SxTdsanDIGMg67ucqYUqD7LMcKnCo8fRs9gb6XQv-0qaRH1zPr3cai8MDZRWxLXbTRKCaDuvKhTl1T4YYgpy7FQEWjPVzveCnHOg7S3d0AzcvhmttFKpNa756b7bvE8pizi9XhTfOA&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiH4PXHyJeHAxU-MVkFHeylBiQQ0pQJegQICxAB&#038;biw=1680&#038;bih=871&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-video-shows-teenager-supporting-referee-not-palestine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Video Depicts Teen Supporting Referee, Not Palestine\">recent credible news reports<\/a><\/a>. In fact, the opposite is true. On July 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/keir-starmer-ai-pic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes<\/a> reported the image was AI-generated. The outlet performed AI content detection scans using two different websites, with one rating the image as 96.43% likely to have been AI-generated.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact also performed an <a href=\"https:\/\/hivemoderation.com\/ai-generated-content-detection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AI content detection scan<\/a> using the website, \u201cHive Moderation.\u201d The results of the same scan indicate that the image\u2019s input is \u201cnot likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content,\u201d producing a score of 11.9%. However, it is important to note that AI detectors can be tricked if texture or grain is added to an image, making the detector less likely to correctly identify the image as being AI-generated, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/6HNZW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8156277\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8156277\">Screenshot captured via Hive Moderation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition, Starmer has neither commented on the image via his <a href=\"https:\/\/keirstarmer.com\/holborn-and-st-pancras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a> nor his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044625270382\/search?q=What%20will%20Britain%20look%20like%20after%205%20years%20of%20Sir%20Keir%20Starmer%3F%2C&#038;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0XFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjRcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9IiwicnBfY2hyb25vX3NvcnQ6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImNocm9ub3NvcnRcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIlwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22What%20will%20Britain%20look%20like%20after%205%20years%20of%20Sir%20Keir%20Starmer%3F%22%20(from%3AKeir_Starmer)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keirstarmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/08\/fact-check-zelenskyys-wife-bugatti-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Post Claims Zelenskyy\u2019s Wife Bought A Bugatti In Paris)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has contacted a media forensics and AI expert for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time an AI-generated image has been mistaken as authentic. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/28\/fact-check-image-indonesian-woman-israel-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an image shared on X purporting to show a group of Indonesian women supporting Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral image circulating on X falsely claims to show U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wearing a pink dress and head covering. The image was actually generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Starmer recently became prime minister after the Labour Party won the U.K. general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. The image has been viewed over two million times, but it is not authentic. AI detectors can sometimes be tricked, so it is important to verify the authenticity of images before sharing them. Starmer has not commented on the image, and fact-checkers have confirmed its falsity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2291018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160671863-scaled-e1720445098552.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15305,13420,33714,34331,32415],"class_list":["post-2291017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ai-generated","tag-fact-check","tag-keir-starmer","tag-pink-dress","tag-viral-image"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160671863-scaled-e1720445098552.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}