evidence: On numbers alone, the picture is more complex than was presented. Africa Check, the first fact-checking organization in Africa, has grown from a team of two in 2012 to a staff of 40 with offices in four countries today. [...] That is an impressive number but tiny by comparison with the scale of the problem, which may, of course, be worsened by AI. Groups such as UK fact-checking charity Full Fact are developing AI to help spot false claims and boost the reach of fact-checks. [...] British lawmakers last month voted to change House of Commons rules on correcting the official record, following a campaign by the fact-checkers Full Fact.