Investigations

“The counted excerpt identifies The Ultimate Computer as season 2, episode 24 and says an AI goes rogue and starts automating the ship; it does not expressly say the computer was given full control or describe the...”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 25% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The modern use of GPUs in AI began with ImageNet and the ILSVRC computer vision competition, and reinforcement learning as a field began with DeepMind's deep reinforcement learning for winning games.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9996 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The modern use of GPUs in AI began with ImageNet and the ILSVRC computer vision competition, and reinforcement learning as a field began with DeepMind's deep reinforcement learning for winning games.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9996 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“China is moving to robots out of necessity because of the demographic consequences of its one child policy, with Japan as the earlier preview.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9926 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 50% · 50% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“OpenAI has offered corporations a revenue-sharing deal under which it becomes their permanent AI partner.”

The evidence goes against this. 1 of 1 checkable claim goes against the evidence.

Score: 0.2535 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Demis Hassabis shared half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing AlphaFold2, an AI system for protein structure prediction.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.8642 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 25% · 25% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Global ageing figures understate the effect in China and Europe because they are averaged with India and parts of Africa that still have high birth rates.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9924 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The Kennedy Center had total assets of about $691 million immediately before Trump took control in February 2025.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9734 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Goldfish have a memory span of about three seconds.”

The evidence goes against this. 1 of 1 checkable claim goes against the evidence.

Score: 0.0532 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 50% · 50% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Electricians working on data centers are already earning $600,000 a year.”

The evidence goes against this. 1 of 1 checkable claim goes against the evidence.

Score: 0.0164 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Van Jones was a CNN political commentator in 2024.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9054 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The Empire State Building is struck by lightning an average of about 23 times per year.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9955 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Nvidia's $99 billion AI investment total is larger than the combined assets under management of every venture capital firm on Earth.”

The evidence goes against this. 1 of 1 checkable claim goes against the evidence.

Score: 0.0024 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Repeat strikes concentrate on tall grounded structures because field enhancement at their upper extremities initiates upward leaders earlier than from shorter nearby objects.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9744 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 50% · 50% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The United States is largely insulated from the ageing shock because it receives large numbers of working-age immigrants and few aged over 65.”

Not settled yet. 1 not yet settled.

Score: 0.5654 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“The United States is largely insulated from the ageing shock because it receives large numbers of working-age immigrants and few aged over 65.”

Not settled yet. 1 not yet settled.

Score: 0.5654 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Toronto's CN Tower receives several dozen lightning flashes per year.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9781 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Conservative estimates hold that 45 per cent of dementia cases are entirely preventable.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9971 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Conservative estimates hold that 45 per cent of dementia cases are entirely preventable.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9971 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 75% · 75% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited

“Lightning strikes the same location repeatedly, especially tall, pointed, isolated objects.”

Checks out so far. 1 holds up so far.

Score: 0.9999 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 for all claims together

Review 50% · 50% counted

1 claim · recorded 28 September 2026 · provisional until audited