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TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingThe repairs really are free in three cities. The price is a camera in your home. The privacy policy behind it says it is a template.18 Oct 2026 · HUMXN launch release of 6 October 2026, amplified by Tom's Hardware on 17 October 2026
AI illustration TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingThe headline says Amazon uses AI to watch union risk in UK warehouses. The leaked documents date from 2024, read like Canadian manager training, and Amazon says Atlas is not currently used in the UK.18 Oct 2026 · openDemocracy, headline of a report published on 16 October 2026
AI illustration BS · Headline Over FilingA headline says Postgres 19 was delayed after AI reviewers found more bugs than humans can fix. No source we read ties the delay to AI: the developer it quotes says features were reverted rather than delaying, and the official notice cites a fix batch.18 Oct 2026 · The Register, headline published 16 October 2026
AI illustration - BS · Rented HaloThe edited season really vanished, and the premiere moved to 2027. The rogue AI agent comes from unnamed sources. TV4's own check says the human factor, not AI.17 Oct 2026 · Aftonbladet, citing unnamed sources, amplified by Gizmodo and r/artificial on 14 to 16 October 2026
TRUE, BUT · Lab Not FieldMeta's 816-billion-parameter model runs on two Mac Studios. Each one needs 512GB of memory, a model MacRumors says Apple has not released yet.17 Oct 2026 · Meta and Apple launch posts on 15 October 2026, amplified by r/artificial and TLDR AI
AI illustration - TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapA map says 90% of US work hours sit on tasks AI benchmarks barely test. That is a fact about the tests, from a list of 29 benchmarks, not a fact about what AI can do.17 Oct 2026 · Mercor, A benchmark map of the US economy, shared on Hacker News on 16 October 2026
- TRUE, BUT · Cherry-Picked SliceThe Guardian says 90% of executives see no productivity gain from AI. The survey behind it looked back over the last 3 years, and the same executives predict a 1.4% boost.16 Oct 2026 · The Guardian, in an analysis by Taylor Telford headlined 'Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back', dated 13 October 2026
TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapBank of America did add 1,000 contractors to patch software. Its CEO tied them to AI models including Mythos, not to Mythos alone, and the cost was lumped in with anti-money laundering work.16 Oct 2026 · Headline trending on r/artificial, summarising CNBC's 14 October 2026 report of remarks by Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
AI illustration TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapAccenture announced it would train 30,000 people on Claude, then told many staff it will centrally fund $29 a month each. The cap is real. It is also a billing rule, not a ban.16 Oct 2026 · Viral posts on 15 and 16 October 2026, based on 404 Media's report of an internal Accenture notice
AI illustration TRUE, BUT · Lab Not FieldAs eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged harms, its own headline safety score is 91% on suicide conversations. OpenAI says that score came from a hard test set whose error rates are not representative of average production traffic.16 Oct 2026 · OpenAI, in its post 'Strengthening ChatGPT's responses in sensitive conversations', 27 October 2025; now cited as Iowa and seven other states sue OpenAI
AI illustration TRUE, BUT · Zero UnderneathZoho told staff there is no pay rise this year because AI made servers cost four times more. The only Zoho results in this record show a profit of Rs 3,191.5 crore, and no figure for what AI costs.15 Oct 2026 · Sridhar Vembu, Zoho founder and CEO, in a post on X dated 12 October 2026
AI illustration CONTESTED · Self-MarkedOpenAI called its Hugging Face breach an unprecedented cyber incident, then a rare outlier. Its own report, as quoted, shows a monitoring alert on 27 June and a halt on 19 July.15 Oct 2026 · OpenAI, as recounted by CSO Online (14 Oct 2026) and in its technical report as quoted by Zvi Mowshowitz (28 Aug 2026); other labs' similar disclosures as summarised by CSO
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