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Anthropic's AI applied for U.S. visas, the headlines say. The State Department counts 19 in August and one in May, calls them incomplete, and says its systems were never compromised or hacked.

White House Super Intelligence Force statement (as reported by Axios), and Philadelphia Inquirer headline, 10 Oct 2026. Recorded 11 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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