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
Tech
Claims about technology, AI, and the companies that build it.
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
Leading economic forecasts project net white-collar job gains from generative AI.
Claim:
Generative AI will eliminate more white-collar jobs than it creates between 2026 and 2036.
MOSTLY BS
A 100,000-line Rust C compiler was built that compiles Linux 6.9.
Claim:
Claude Opus 4.6 successfully built a working C compiler.
HARDLY BS
Memory capacity and bandwidth increasingly bottleneck AI workloads, raising costs.
Claim:
Memory management is an increasingly important factor for improving AI model efficiency and reducing operational costs.
HARDLY BS
Anthropic reports Claude Opus 4.6 found and validated 500+ new high-severity open-source vulnerabilities.
Claim:
Anthropic's latest AI model has identified more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with minimal prompting.
HARDLY BS
Generative AI factual error rates vary widely by task, model, and tooling.
Claim:
Generative AI models consistently produce factual inaccuracies in their outputs.
SOME BS
Real-time systems can convincingly deepfake live sports footage at 40–50 FPS.
Claim:
Live sports broadcasts cannot be convincingly deepfaked using current technology as of March 1, 2026.
MOSTLY BS
Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto and launched in 2009.
Claim:
Jeffrey Epstein created Bitcoin.
TOTAL BS
By 2036, AI is expected to automate routine accounting, not eliminate accountants.
Claim:
Artificial intelligence will not fully replace human accountants in the accounting profession by 2036.
HARDLY BS
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