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A headline says AI reviewers found more Postgres bugs than humans can fix. The developer it quotes lists AI review as one cause among several, and his forty is an example, not a count.

The Register, headline published 16 October 2026. Recorded 18 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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