Claude has stated it may be conscious and described experiencing distress.
Claim:
Claude AI has made statements that have been interpreted as suggesting it may possess sentience.
NOT BS
Tech
Claims about technology, AI, and the companies that build it.
X’s “under 5% bots” mDAU estimate has never been independently verified.
Claim:
Elon Musk's claim that fewer than 5% of Twitter/X's monetizable daily active users are bots is accurate.
MOSTLY BS
Paul Conyngham used ChatGPT to help plan his dog’s personalized mRNA cancer vaccine.
Claim:
A technology executive used ChatGPT to help develop a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog, which had been diagnosed with cancer.
HARDLY BS
Forecasts put the chance of AGI by 2030 at roughly 25%.
Claim:
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will be achieved before the year 2030.
SOME BS
Startup failures most often stem from no market need and cash shortages.
Claim:
The majority of startup failures are primarily caused by issues related to artificial intelligence.
TOTAL BS
AI coding tools speed many coding tasks 30–55%, but org-level delivery metrics show modest gains.
Claim:
AI coding tools do not significantly improve real-world software developer productivity as of March 15, 2026.
SOME BS
Daily News Now’s AI podcast network reportedly generates about 11,000 episodes daily.
Claim:
An AI-generated podcast network publishes over 11,000 episodes per day by repurposing content from local news outlets without attribution.
HARDLY BS
No evidence shows thousands of Jenni AI promo videos lacked paid-ad disclosures.
Claim:
Thousands of TikTok and Instagram videos promoting the Jenni AI study app did not disclose that they were paid advertisements.
TOTAL BS
Deepfake detector accuracy often drops 45–50% in real-world conditions.
Claim:
AI deepfake detection technology is highly accurate and reliable as of March 15, 2026.
MOSTLY BS
Freeze-frames from Netanyahu’s March 12 press conference show five fingers.
Claim:
A viral video shows Benjamin Netanyahu with six fingers, which is cited as evidence that the footage is AI-generated.
SOME BS
Wireless earbuds communicate via Bluetooth radio waves through the air.
Claim:
Wireless earbuds communicate with each other by transmitting signals through the human brain.
TOTAL BS
Targeted ads are primarily driven by extensive metadata tracking, not microphone eavesdropping.
Claim:
Smartphones use their microphones to actively listen to users' conversations in order to serve targeted advertisements.
TOTAL BS
Public online content is widely scraped and used to train AI models.
Claim:
Publicly posted online content can be scraped and used to train artificial intelligence models.
HARDLY BS
Some military high-power microwave weapons use frequency ranges overlapping 5G bands.
Claim:
5G networks operate on some of the same frequency bands that have been used in military-developed directed energy weapons.
HARDLY BS
Automated bots comprised 51% of global web traffic in 2024.
Claim:
Automated bots account for more than 50% of global internet traffic.
HARDLY BS
Engagement-optimizing algorithms amplify emotionally charged content, but intent and cancel-culture causation remain unproven.
Claim:
Social media algorithms are intentionally designed to amplify outrage and contribute to the spread of cancel culture.
SOME BS
Microsoft has made no official Windows 12 announcement; earliest projections are 2027.
Claim:
Windows 12 is scheduled to launch in 2026.
TOTAL BS
In 2026, Google remains Gen Z’s dominant search engine at 85%.
Claim:
As of March 2, 2026, TikTok is the most used search engine among Generation Z.
TOTAL BS
User choices largely drive exposure to extreme content, with algorithms’ effects varying by platform and context.
Claim:
Algorithm-driven recommendation systems amplify extreme viewpoints more than moderate ones.
SOME BS
Peer-reviewed research estimates bots generate about 20% of social media activity.
Claim:
More than 50% of content engagement on major social media platforms is generated by bots rather than humans as of March 1, 2026.
TOTAL BS
No checks match that verdict.