“It seems, from even a cursory glance, that OpenAI's costs are increasing dramatically.”
Our reading:
It seems, from even a cursory glance, that OpenAI's costs are increasing dramatically.
Assessment: Can’t be checked
What happened
Not graded on evidence
Outcome: Can’t be checked
An opinion, a recommendation, or too vague to test. Listed, not scored.
Evidence up to . Checked .
Why
Zitron's April 14, 2025 statement uses “It seems” and supplies no numerical threshold for “dramatically” [wyea-openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2-8e2d4e-o1]. Under the resolution contract, this qualified impression cannot be scored without replacing it with a firm spending claim [resolution contract v2].
Caveats
- The packet contains only the source article, used to establish wording and context. It does not establish actual cost growth or the accuracy of the surrounding spending figures and projections.
Evidence (0 items)
Claims like this aren’t scored, so there is no evidence to show.
How we judged it
- Kind of claim
- Observation
- Deadline
- None given. We don’t add one.
Conditions
- it seems, from even a cursory glance (their words)
Where we had to interpret
- The sentence expresses a qualified impression of rising costs. Its epistemic hedge is part of the claim and cannot be removed.
- The surrounding comparison of reported 2024 spending with projected 2025 spending explains that impression. Those numerical statements are separate claims and cannot replace the sentence being assessed.
- The plain-reading exception for firm claims does not apply to this hedged statement.
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Full record
Source and dates
Where's Your Ed At, OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry, paragraph 30.
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We read this wording on 2026-10-28. The post may have been edited after 2025-04-14.
Where it was said (1)
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: Where's Your Ed At, OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry
It seems, from even a cursory glance, that OpenAI's costs are increasing dramatically.
- Where
- paragraph 30
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- We read it
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
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- Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.
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