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Technology & AI fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about technology & ai. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,815 published reviews in this topic

BR24 #FaktenfuchsTechnology & AI

Smart Meter sind Überwachungsinstrumente, um Bürgern den Strom abzudrehen, sobald sie zu viel verbraucht haben.

Publisher’s rating: Falschinterpretation. Smart Meter sind laut Experten notwendig für das Stromnetz der Zukunft, in dem mehr erneuerbare Energien eingespeist werden und mehr Stromverbrauch anfällt. Dazu werden Daten erhoben und digital ausgetauscht, außerdem besteht die Möglichkeit für die Netzbetreiber, Geräte wie PV-Anlagen, Wallboxen oder Wärmepumpen im Notfall zu steuern.

Narendra DwivediTechnology & AI

Instagram May Introduce Paid Blue Badge Verification

Publisher’s rating: True

The review investigated whether Instagram’s app contained references to paid blue-badge verification, rather than whether Instagram had already launched a paid verification service. It says it checked the latest application version it identified as v269.0.0.14.75 for code associated with the claim. The reported evidence was two strings: “FB_NME_PAID_BLUE_BADGE_IDV” and “IG_NME_PAID_BLUE_BADGE_IDV.” The review interprets these as references to paid blue-badge identity verification for Facebook and Instagram, respectively. It concludes that the references support the possibility Meta might work on or introduce such a feature; the excerpt does not establish a launch or confirm that a paid Instagram verification service was available. The review’s own FAQ qualifies the finding: it states that Instagram had not introduced paid blue-badge verification and had not launched a paid blue-tick service. Thus, the evidence described supports the narrower claim that the app contained relevant code strings and that a feature might be in development, not that paid verification had already become available.

فکت‌نامهTechnology & AI

آیا اینترنت طبقاتی در حال اجرا است؟

Publisher’s rating: برخی رسانه‌های داخلی همچون دنیای اقتصاد با استناد به برخی نامه‌نگاری‌های مقامات کشوری برای دریافت اینترنت بدون فیلتر نوشته‌اند طرح اینترنت طبقاتی در حال اجراست.

FACTLYTechnology & AI

Elon Musk started a new trading platform using quantum and AI technologies

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY investigated a social-media video claiming Elon Musk had started a quantum-and-AI trading platform. The video promoted an initial $250 investment and claimed users could quadruple their money. FACTLY concluded Musk had neither started nor invested in such a platform, and rated the claim FALSE. Its review says it found no reports of a launch or investment by Musk and describes the platform’s website as lacking convincing information about its founders, investors, or location. [S1: “Fact: Elon Musk did not start or invest in any trading platform which uses quantum & AI technologies.”; “The video claims that one can quadruple their money by investing 250 dollars.”; “There is no sufficient information (like the founders/investors, where it is based at, etc.) available on the website.”] The review also examined the platform’s own promotional material. The website named Microsoft, IBM, and OpenAI as partners, but FACTLY says it could find no official information or media reports that those companies had invested in or worked with QuantumAI. The review therefore treats the partnership claims and lack of organizational details as reasons to question the website’s credibility—not as proof that those companies endorsed the platform. [S1: “Further, the website declares Microsoft, IBM & OpenAI as their partners.”; “But we could not find any official information or media reports about these companies investing or working with QuantumAI.”] A key part of the check was tracing the video’s visuals. FACTLY reports that reverse-image searching connected them to Elon Musk’s 2017 presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, where he discussed SpaceX plans for an unmanned Mars landing, rather than a trading platform. The review says the footage was digitally edited to suggest otherwise and that the audio did not sound like Musk. Its conclusion is that the video does not establish Musk’s association with QuantumAI. [S1: “we found that the visuals are extracted from Elon Musk’s presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, in 2017”; “Visuals from this presentation are digitally edited to appear as if Elon Musk’s presentation is about a quantum trading platform.”; “In this speech, Musk spoke about his space company ‘Space X’ plans to land an unmanned spaceship on Mars.”]