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0 BS · 0 contested · 7 true, but · 0 verified
0 BS · 0 contested · 7 true, but · 0 verified, of the 7 claims from Hacker News we have checked. This counts rulings. It is not a score. How we rule →
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- Scope Swap, in 3 of 7 rulings
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The full record 7 claims, newest first
November 2026 3 rulings
- TRUE, BUTScope SwapHundreds of proved theorems, says the headline. The count is 663 proofs, sketches and ideas, and about 50 of them are false.
- TRUE, BUTHeadline Over FilingThe weights do carry a Blackwell fingerprint. The report itself says that fingerprint shows how training started, not where it ran or whether any law was broken.
- TRUE, BUTScope SwapClaude Code's account email really can end up in a website request. The fix Anthropic points to calls itself a courtesy, not a boundary, and skips web and MCP tools.
October 2026 3 rulings
- TRUE, BUTNarrowed SuperlativeGemini 4 Carbon is #1 on Artificial Analysis, says Google, and the tester agrees. It leads 4 of the index's 9 tests, and most readers cannot use it yet.
- TRUE, BUTLab Not FieldTexas AI emits 8.5 times more CO2 than Sweden. That is a model of one example request, and the grid gap behind it is closer to 42 times.
- TRUE, BUTAnnounced Not ShippedReflection calls Beam a 501B open-weight model. Its own post says the weights come later this month.
September 2026 1 ruling
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