There is vast and growing evidence that OpenAI is building something it is not managing to control.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
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Vague, evaluative claim about 'vast and growing evidence' and control with undefined terms.
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Gary Marcus, “There is vast and growing evidence that OpenAI is building something it is not managing to control.” (said 25 September 2026). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_1c1229b535f5, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_1c1229b535f5
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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