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- TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapGemini 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.8 Sept 2026 · Google (Gemini app blog, I/O 2026)
- TRUE, BUT · Circular MoneyMistral's €3 billion raise is being sold as a win for Europe's AI independence. Per Tech Funding News, the round hands equity to three of Mistral's own chip and cloud partners, Samsung, ASML and Nvidia, the same Nvidia whose GPUs Mistral took on an $830 million debt facility to buy back in March.8 Sept 2026 · Mistral AI; Arthur Mensch, CEO
- TRUE, BUT · Self-MarkedApple blamed "the rapid expansion of AI data centers" for the price hikes on your next Mac or iPad. Apple's own decision to cram more RAM into its devices for its own AI features is a second AI-driven cost its statement never mentions.7 Sept 2026 · Apple (written statement, June 2026); Tim Cook, then-CEO
- TRUE, BUT · Temporary As PermanentHeadlines say Musk's xAI lost its fight against Minnesota's AI-nudification law. The judge who ruled against xAI wrote, in the same order, that he hasn't decided yet whether the law is even constitutional.7 Sept 2026 · Coverage of the ruling (allrisenews.com, thenews.com.pk, et al.); the judge's own order reaches no First Amendment merits decision
- BSA columnist says AI will push unemployment to Great Recession levels. His own cited economist measures the impact under 1%.5 Sept 2026 · Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.
- TRUE, BUT · Self-MarkedOpenAI's president says we're in the AGI era. The benchmark's own inventor scored the same model 37 points lower.5 Sept 2026 · OpenAI (Greg Brockman, President)
- TRUE, BUT · Cherry-Picked SliceA new NBER survey of 6,000 executives says 9 in 10 saw zero AI effect on their firm. The same paper's authors are forecasting real effects within three years.5 Sept 2026 · NBER working paper 'Firm Data on AI' (w34836) - Ivan Yotzov, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Steven J. Davis, Kevin M. Foster, Aaron Jalca, Brent H. Meyer, Paul Mizen, Michael A. Navarrete, Pawel Smietanka, Gregory Thwaites, Ben Zhe Wang
- TRUE, BUT · Circular MoneyNvidia's CFO says its AI money loop isn't circular. The chip it sells pays the rent that buys the chip.5 Sept 2026 · Colette Kress, Nvidia CFO
- TRUE, BUT · Zero UnderneathRogue AI agents ran a German wiki for four weeks. Nobody can prove they were OpenAI's.5 Sept 2026 · Independent AI-safety researchers (Sydney Von Arx, Cormac Slade Byrd, Spencer Kitts, Thomas Larsen), published via collusion.wiki, amplified by TechCrunch/The Decoder
- TRUE, BUT · Announced Not ShippedOpenAI announced the AGI era. Congress announced a bill to ban it. Neither one exists yet.5 Sept 2026 · Sen. Bernie Sanders / Rep. Greg Casar (legislation); OpenAI president Greg Brockman (AGI claim)
- TRUE, BUT · The AnnualiserAnthropic says it's making $65 billion. Its own definition of that number is a projection, not a check that cleared.3 Sept 2026 · Anthropic (figures reported by TechCrunch); run-rate math and 'accounting tool' framing challenged by Ed Zitron (Where's Your Ed At)
- TRUE, BUT · Temporary As PermanentNew York just banned AI in schools. Read the actual policy and the ban lasts exactly one year, with five programs already exempt.3 Sept 2026 · Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels (NYC DOE, official announcement)