The two wildest stories today in tech
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 3 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“If I am not mistaken, I guess makes cell phones and Microsoft Word … “superintelligent”.”
Our reading: Marcus suggests, tentatively ('if I am not mistaken, I guess'), that Suleyman's definition would make cell phones and Microsoft Word 'superintelligent'.
No horizon
Qualifier: if I am not mistaken
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“A quarter-billion dollar desperation move: an effort to control the narrative, to distract away from the billion or so dollars they are losing each month this year, and rumors that their stock is losing favor on the secondary market.”
Our reading: Marcus's only guess is that OpenAI's $250 million purchase of TBPN is a desperation move: an effort to control the narrative and to distract from the billion or so dollars it is losing each month this year and from rumors that its stock is losing favor on the secondary market.
No horizon
Qualifier: his only guess
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“With actual AGI nowhere in sight, redefinition and spin may be all that’s left.”
Our reading: Actual AGI is nowhere in sight as of April 2026.
No horizon
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: OpenAI is losing roughly a billion dollars each month in 2026.