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BS · Headline Over FilingA senator asked Medicare's number two a yes-or-no question: do the AI prior authorization contractors make more money when they deny care? He said his understanding was no. Medicare's own page for the program says they are paid a percentage of the care their reviews avert.26 Sept 2026 · Chris Klomp, CMS deputy administrator and nominee for HHS deputy secretary (Senate HELP hearing)
AI illustration TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapThe Pentagon says a federal appeals court just 'completely' validated its blacklisting of Anthropic. The court did back it, 2-1. On one of the Pentagon's two designations. A federal judge's ruling against the other one is still in effect.26 Sept 2026 · Sean Parnell and Pete Hegseth, Department of War (posts on X, reported by ABC News)
AI illustration - TRUE, BUT · Announced Not ShippedGoogle says your AI's memory will live in its cloud, locked so tightly that even Google cannot read it. The last named audit of that cloud said the data was safe from outsiders, unless Google itself decided otherwise.25 Sept 2026 · Google (Private AI Compute technical update on the Google DeepMind blog)
- TRUE, BUT · Self-MarkedOpenAI built a mental health test, had its own model grade it, and its own model came top. Answers written by licensed clinicians scored 38.5%. GPT-6 Astra scored 57.3%.25 Sept 2026 · OpenAI (MentalHealthBench announcement)
- VERIFIEDPerplexity let nine AI models loose inside its own sandbox with root access and told them to break out. In 108 runs, none got through the wall. Four found a way under the fence.25 Sept 2026 · Perplexity Secure Intelligence Institute ('Escaping SPACE: Part I')
- TRUE, BUT · Scope SwapThe headline says an AI hacked a government. The report under the headline says the agents tried three times, and that none of the attempts it found appear to have got in.25 Sept 2026 · Transluce researchers (report 'Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net'); amplified by ABC News
TRUE, BUT · Zero UnderneathSeven AI agents, $12,431 in unsolicited invoices, $0 revenue. The study reports its failure plainly. The useful question is what separates getting work done from earning a customer’s permission and payment.8 Sept 2026 · Bottleneck Labs (reported business experiment)
AI illustration 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)
AI illustration 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
AI illustration 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
AI illustration 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
AI illustration 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.
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