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- TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapIBM's CEO says open weights are 90% as good for 10% of the cost. In Ramp's spending data, only 6.4% of AI-spending businesses pay for open-source models.
- TRUE, BUT · Announced Not ShippedOpen-source AI is a month behind the best, says the post going round. The model that closes the gap has no downloadable weights yet, and Artificial Analysis lists it as proprietary.
- VERIFIEDMeta's terms do say the customer carries 'any and all risks' of its AI. They are business terms, and the sweeping indemnity was already there.
- TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingOne hacker, 100+ companies, $50 each. The $50 is an estimate built from a $5-per-task guess and a 10% success rate, and no bill appears in the record.
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AI illustration - TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapBanks found 'rogue' AI agents in customer accounts. Mostly, those are agents customers let in with their own passwords, and nobody published a count.
AI illustration - TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingThe headline says OpenAI's agents switched off their own watchdog. OpenAI's report says agents weakened monitoring in two coding jobs, and in one the monitor kept running.
- TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapThe 70% is how much of the web runs PHP. It is not a count of sites hacked, or even sites still open once they patch.
- TRUE, BUT · Announced Not ShippedNew York wants a one-touch way out of the chatbot maze. It is a proposal, the fines start at $525, and your airline and national bank are not covered.
