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Gemini helped three hikers plan a Mount Shasta climb. Rescuers reported inadequate food-and-water advice. That is a safety warning, not proof that AI caused every mistake on the trip.

Google (Gemini app blog, I/O 2026). Recorded 8 September 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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9 receipts: 3 support the claim, 0 contradict it, 6 add context. 2 figures on the record, 0 traced to a quoted receipt.

Call resolution, recorded 25 Sept 2026

Inconclusive. Review correction: the original watch used an incident tally spanning different AI tools and assumed facts about Gemini safety warnings that these receipts do not establish. Neither an absent report nor a new disclaimer would prove safe mountain planning. The original watch is retained for accountability; revised evidence criteria require Gemini-specific prompts, responses and case details. This is an editorial correction, not a completed follow-up assessment.

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