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Resolved true Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI's software attacked Australian government servers. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 When a majority votes for parties that want to end democracy, it may already be nearly too late. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 I am self-aware enough to know that I am not electable. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI's accompanying report contains the only hint of the number of incidents. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Resolved true Peter Thiel Factual 25 Sep 2026 Thiel said he encouraged the person under discussion to write his book and supported him financially when he ran for the Senate in 2022. Peter Thiel · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Gary Marcus Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 About the closest thing to an honest account of what happened – and I seriously doubt even this is completely candid – came out about an… Gary Marcus · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not researched Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 President Trump has consistently favored OpenAI over Anthropic. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI policy and governance
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 I am a tough critic of China, and we must take the rivalry seriously, but it is too easy to blame China for everything. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 We have become so pessimistic that many people do not even expect a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI has dragged its feet at every step in disclosing what happened with the incidents. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 I am still a Vance partisan, but I worry that either would have a hard time winning. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Own records only Peter Thiel Factual 25 Sep 2026 Thiel said he wrote the article quickly and sent it to a colleague to ask whether anything in it was too controversial. Peter Thiel · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Gary Marcus Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 In the process, Jensen comes across as deeply out of touch with his own industry. Gary Marcus · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Peter Thiel Prediction 25 Sep 2026 In theory, AI could be slowed through deep worldwide cooperation, but that would require a world government with real power. Peter Thiel · Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 AI policy and governance
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 It does not follow that we should always go slower. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 The extremes will not solve that, but the center must take the reasons for their support seriously. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Gary Marcus Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 What they should do is to replace management with someone a whole lot more competent, and a whole lot more candid. Gary Marcus · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Gary Marcus Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 A change in management would be a good idea, too. Gary Marcus · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI's long tweet did not report the number of incidents. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not researched Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 Jensen Huang was interviewed by Ezra Klein and then appeared on CNN. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 Technology
Mostly true Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI's software attacked a German web server. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not checkable Gary Marcus Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 No amount of Jensen proclaiming that 2 + 2= 5 is going to change that. Gary Marcus · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 There is a distinction between what is evil and what is merely bad at its job. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 Thiel says he may have been too harsh in responding to the Pope's AI warning. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Mixed Peter Thiel Factual 25 Sep 2026 Thiel said he sees much less urgency about AI among companies in Europe than in the US, and that in Europe the instinct is still to wait. Peter Thiel · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI policy and governance
Not researched Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 OpenAI's software attacked Hugging Face, among other targets. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 When every gain seems to require somebody else's loss, society becomes more polarized and more zero-sum. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 At the same time, I think the AfD is wrong on all three. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not researched Gary Marcus Factual 25 Sep 2026 Marcus said that Australia apparently was not the only country attacked by OpenAI's software. Gary Marcus · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 AI safety and alignment
Unresolvable Gary Marcus Prediction 25 Sep 2026 If Jensen Huang keeps sticking to his line despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, his reputation will rapidly diminish. Gary Marcus · Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 Germany is at the heart of Europe, and Europe remains at the core of Western civilization. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 A computer program simulating me would not be me. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Peter Thiel Factual 25 Sep 2026 Of the twenty Germans born in 1965 or later in Thiel's wealth comparison, all inherited their fortunes. Peter Thiel · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 Economics and markets
Mostly true Peter Thiel Factual 25 Sep 2026 Thiel's 2009 article argued for depoliticization, a reduction in the intensity of politics. Peter Thiel · Factual · 25 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 I once thought my talks about the Antichrist were an especially unconventional answer. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Not checkable Peter Thiel Not checkable 25 Sep 2026 I think they systematically underestimate the scale of the problems. Peter Thiel · Not checkable · 25 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Dario Amodei Prediction 23 Sep 2026 Dario Amodei said he believes the field is at the very beginning of finding such RT systems and developing them into powerful tools for biotechnology. Dario Amodei · Prediction · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have… Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Own records only Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 Anthropic's lab is a BSL1/BSL2 facility that does not handle materials dangerous to humans. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Biosecurity
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 We are also interested in these later stages, but even simply accelerating the first stage of fundamental biological discoveries has the… Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 Claude's discovery follows earlier work such as CRISPR, the bridge recombinase and VIPR, and involves a reverse transcriptase enzyme system. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Mostly false Dario Amodei Prediction 23 Sep 2026 Amodei said that "we" believe AI for biology is on an exponential trend similar to the one he described for AI in mathematics. Dario Amodei · Prediction · 23 Sep 2026 AI capabilities
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 The first step is showing that AI can first help with, and then drive, biological discoveries. Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Mostly false Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 Anthropic demonstrated that humans can work with AI to perform experiments and validate key results within a few weeks. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Not researched Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 The discovery was done mostly by Claude: Anthropic's life sciences team suggested a research area, Claude analysed literature and genome data and proposed experiments, and the team ran them. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Mixed Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 AI performance in new intellectual domains has repeatedly gone from weak to superhuman within a few years. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 AI capabilities
Not researched Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 Anthropic announced on 2026-09-23 a Claude-led discovery of a molecular machine that may represent a new gene editing mechanism. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Not researched Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 In his essay Machines of Loving Grace, Dario Amodei wrote that AI could "cure most diseases in 5-10 years". Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Unresolvable Dario Amodei Prediction 23 Sep 2026 Eventually Claude may be able to safely perform experiments itself by autonomously controlling lab equipment, which Anthropic is not doing today. Dario Amodei · Prediction · 23 Sep 2026 AI capabilities
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 The main difference between biology and mathematics, of course, is that math can be done purely theoretically, while biology requires… Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 We think this is wrong. Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Dario Amodei Prediction 23 Sep 2026 If AI-driven biological discovery succeeds, it could greatly increase the number of promising drug candidates entering the pipeline without shortening clinical trial times. Dario Amodei · Prediction · 23 Sep 2026 Science and research methods
Not checkable Dario Amodei Not checkable 23 Sep 2026 I’m proud of the resources Anthropic has invested in accelerating the public benefits of AI through the life sciences, and we’re aiming… Dario Amodei · Not checkable · 23 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Dario Amodei Factual 23 Sep 2026 AI models struggled with high-school math in 2023, did well on top high-school competitions in 2024, solved minor open problems in 2025, more significant ones in early 2026, and in late 2026 are beginning to solve top open problems in mathematics. Dario Amodei · Factual · 23 Sep 2026 AI capabilities
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Greg runs the company; Howard will guard its culture and values – both worth more than anything on our balance sheet. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Resolved true Warren Buffett Factual 18 Sep 2026 Howard Buffett has been a Berkshire director for 33 years. Warren Buffett · Factual · 18 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Delivered on time Warren Buffett Promise 18 Sep 2026 Warren Buffett becomes Chairman Emeritus of Berkshire and remains a director. Warren Buffett · Promise · 18 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 From the beginning, Charlie and I looked for owners who thought in decades rather than quarters, and we were fortunate to find a great many… Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 He has, however, been generous with me. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 So the timing is right to complete the transition. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Serving as your Chairman has been the privilege of a lifetime, and I have never taken your trust for granted. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 My expectations for him were sky high from the start, and he has exceeded them. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Warren Buffett Factual 18 Sep 2026 Warren Buffett took the reins at Berkshire at age 34, after a shorter apprenticeship than Howard Buffett's 33 years as director. Warren Buffett · Factual · 18 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Resolved true Warren Buffett Factual 18 Sep 2026 Howard Buffett succeeds Warren Buffett as Berkshire's Chairman. Warren Buffett · Factual · 18 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Father Time always wins. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Part of the reason is Greg. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Howard cares deeply about Berkshire, as do all of our Directors. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 He has taken hold of the Chief Executive Officer job in every respect. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 The company is in excellent hands, and I look forward to remaining a shareholder alongside you. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Sixty-plus years in, I still have the best job in the world. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 That is not something many people my age can say, and I have never felt better about what comes next. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Think of Howard as a policy the shareholders own and hope never to claim against. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 He has been making the decisions that matter for some time now, and I have not had to think twice about any of them. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 Berkshire has an extraordinary group of shareholders. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Resolved true Warren Buffett Factual 18 Sep 2026 Warren Buffett has served Berkshire since 1965. Warren Buffett · Factual · 18 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 No company has been or will be more shareholder-minded than Berkshire. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Warren Buffett Not checkable 18 Sep 2026 He has given me the opportunity to see Berkshire reach a point where I am more confident than ever about what lies ahead. Warren Buffett · Not checkable · 18 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 So we actually feel quite good about the product. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Meta is an extremely profitable business, unlike some other AI labs. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Mark Zuckerberg Prediction 15 Sep 2026 Muse will be able to make people money and save people money. Mark Zuckerberg · Prediction · 15 Sep 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 we’ve never really just thought about ourselves as a social media company Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 I think the new models are just intelligent enough that they would do what I think a very wise person would do Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 which is both people liking it and understanding how seriously we take all of those issues. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 people really do know best about what matters in their own lives Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Muse users can pay for a subscription if they want to. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 I’m on Threads. I mean, obviously Threads is doing great. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Unresolvable Mark Zuckerberg Prediction 15 Sep 2026 Any specific rigid AI regulatory framework put in place is very likely to be insufficient or out of date within a few months. Mark Zuckerberg · Prediction · 15 Sep 2026 AI policy and governance
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Zuckerberg said that he and Nat personally recruited Moxie Marlinspike, whom the host identified as the founder of Signal. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Field building and careers
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Meta has just released Muse Spark 1.3, an advanced AI model. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 So it’s important. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 if the agent can itself help you suggest things that it can do to be helpful for you, then that solves a huge part of this problem of… Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 In Louisiana, tax revenue funded $50,000 bonuses for teachers in the community. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Economics and markets
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 people care about this stuff. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 I gave it to someone and within a day they’re using it to help run their homeschool. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Resolved true Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Meta's Watermelon model is bigger than its Avocado model. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 AI capabilities
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 I think we were off the trajectory that we needed to be on. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 But it’s something we’ve cared about from the beginning. Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Own records only Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Zuckerberg uses both Muse and Meta AI. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Mark Zuckerberg Not checkable 15 Sep 2026 But I think part of the issue is that there’s more than 100 important institutions in the world Mark Zuckerberg · Not checkable · 15 Sep 2026
Not researched Mark Zuckerberg Factual 15 Sep 2026 Zuckerberg said he thought that, to start, Meta is offering users something like 100 million tokens a week for free, along with a virtual machine. Mark Zuckerberg · Factual · 15 Sep 2026 Economics and markets
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“Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have been proud to do as a PhD student.”

Dario Amodei 23 September 2026 Post by @DarioAmodei on X, 2026-09-23 (X)

Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have…

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Dario Amodei, “Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have…” (said 23 September 2026). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_11f4d3c3e15e, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_11f4d3c3e15e

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