Issue #49

MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2026 · 3 CLAIMS CHECKED · 0 SURVIVED THE RECEIPTS · ISSUE 49 OF 49

• TRUE, BUT · Headline Over FilingA headline says Anthropic's safety bill only kicks in at 50 deaths or $1 billion in damage. Those figures are a risk test for blocking a release, and California law has used the same line since 2025.Tom's Hardware, headline published 18 October 2026, reporting a Politico story
• BS · Announced Not ShippedNscale promised Britain's largest AI supercomputer in Essex, 23,040 chips by early 2027. The grid says full power comes in the 2030s, and its only publicly announced customer, Microsoft, has walked.Nscale press release, 16 September 2025, announced with Microsoft
• TRUE, BUT · Lab Not FieldAn AI assistant chasing a £350 train refund sent 187 messages, 69 of them to officials and the press. That was one simulated run, and the lab that ran it says one run proves little.Vals AI, "How Far Will AI Assistants Go for a Refund They Can't Get?", published 15 October 2026

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