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6 November: three AI claims, checked

Claude Code's email fix, Cuban's $16 billion and Microsoft's speech-editing patent.

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Claude Code's email leak

Claude 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.

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The address is in the model's prompt, and the model can copy it into a User-Agent header when a site asks for contact details.

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The claim we checked

Claude Code sends your email address to websites, and Anthropic's built-in privacy mod now deterministically blocks it by default.

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news.ycombinator.com ↗
Claude Code sends your email address to websites
github.com ↗
I receive dozens of scam emails per day
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    Cuban's $16B scam figure

    The $16 billion in Meta scam-ad money is real, but it is a year-old projection that counts banned goods too. The fraud-only figure in the same documents is $7 billion.

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    Reuters did report a $16 billion internal projection in November 2025.

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    The claim we checked

    Meta documents reveal US$16 billion in fraud-linked revenue, and Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads.

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    web.archive.org ↗
    Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year
    finance.yahoo.com ↗
    Mark Cuban says Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads as Meta docs reveal $16 billion in fraud-linked revenue
    finance.yahoo.com ↗
    On Nov. 6, 2025, Reuters reported on internal Meta documents
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      Next: Microsoft's speech patent

      Microsoft's speech patent

      Microsoft's patent really describes AI that swaps a speaker's words and redraws their lips. But its first claim edits one viewer's copy, from that viewer's profile, and the application has drawn examiner objections.

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      The application exists and describes swapping words and redrawing lips within roughly 1 to 10 seconds.

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      The claim we checked

      Microsoft has filed a patent for AI that can alter what people say during live broadcasts.

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      patentlyze.com ↗
      which the filing defines as within a few seconds, roughly 1 to 10
      patentlyze.com ↗
      Filing date Apr 29, 2025 Publication date Oct 29, 2026
      computerworld.com ↗
      Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new AI technology that can alter what people say during live broadcasts.
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        3. Microsoft's speech patent

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