Issue #44

WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2026 · 3 CLAIMS CHECKED · 0 SURVIVED THE RECEIPTS · ISSUE 44 OF 44

• TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingCharacter.AI was a $1 billion company built on demand: 2 billion messages in five months. Its bankruptcy record, as reported, shows a $10 million monthly compute bill against a best-ever revenue month of $5.3 million.Character.AI, funding-era claims as recounted by TechCrunch (13 Oct 2026); tested against its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware (12 Oct 2026)
• TRUE, BUT · Narrowed SuperlativeMeta calls Muse Wonder state-of-the-art. On the outside Artificial Analysis index its best model scores 56, behind Opus 5.5 at 58, and that best model is not on Meta's API.Meta Superintelligence Labs, launch post for Muse Wonder, 12 Oct 2026
• TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapOpenAI said a Lean formalization backed its Navier-Stokes proof. An arXiv paper finds the Lean code uses five extra derivatives where the written proof claims four.OpenAI, research post (8 Sep 2026); its Lean check tested in an arXiv paper (6 Oct 2026)

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