Daniela Amodei graduated college in 2009 with a literature degree.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True if Daniela Amodei earned an undergraduate degree in literature (English literature counts) and graduated in 2009. Mostly true if she earned the literature degree but the graduation year is off by one year. Mixed if the degree was literature but the year is off by more than one year, or the degree was a joint or double major with literature as only one part and the year is right. Mostly false if her degree was mainly in another subject with literature only a minor. False if she held no literature degree.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 Alumna and Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei and civil-rights activist Dolores Huerta named in Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2026 - News UC Santa Cruz News · 20 April 2026
“Daniela Amodei graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009 with a B.A. in literature and a minor in politics.”
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E2 Alumna and Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei and civil-rights activist Dolores Huerta named in Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2026 - News UC Santa Cruz News · 20 April 2026
“Daniela graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009 with a Humanities degree in literature and a minor in politics.”
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E3 The most valued AI firm today is led by a woman with a literature degree ThePrint · 11 May 2026
“Amodei completed her Bachelors of Arts in English literature, politics, and music from the University of California, Santa Cruz.”
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E4 Daniela Amodei - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 28 December 2023
“graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.”
Reasoning
UC Santa Cruz's own news article says Amodei graduated from UCSC in 2009 with a B.A. in literature and a minor in politics (E1, E2). That gives both the literature degree and the 2009 year the criteria require. Wikipedia also says her bachelor's degree from UCSC was in English literature (E4). ThePrint lists English literature, politics, and music without clearly saying which were majors (E3). The university's statement that politics was a minor carries more weight, so the degree is a literature degree, not a joint major.
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Daniela Amodei, “Daniela Amodei graduated college in 2009 with a literature degree.” (said 9 May 2026). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_cddf054029b6, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cddf054029b6
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