Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts

After Tice posted this picture on Sunday, X users lined up to ask whether the picture was legitimate or ‘pure AI slop’. Illustration: @TiceRichard

In a picture of a blue-skied day in Birmingham, a diverse group of Reform supporters gathered with placards and cheesy grins to knock on doors for their party. Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, posted the picture as evidence of the activists’ commitment through thick and thin.

“That is what resilience looks like,” he wrote. “This is what belief looks like.”