August 5, 2024, a big day in tech?
We recorded 8 claims from this post. 4 were checked against evidence. 4 can’t be checked. 2 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (8)
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: SupportedSaid
“Nvidia dropped 6%, 20% over the last month”
What we tested: Nvidia stock fell 6% on August 5, 2024, and 20% over the previous month.
What happened: The table's Close column gives $125.83 on July 5, $107.27 on August 2 and $100.45 on August 5. These produce declines of 20.17% over the month and 6.36% for the day; the separate Adj Close column is not used. (Yahoo Finance, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“This could pertain to production delays, but also to growing market concerns about whether NVidia’s big GenAI customers could make money deploying the chips.”
What we tested: Nvidia's stock drop could be due to production delays and also to growing market concern about whether its big GenAI customers can make money deploying its chips.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“LLMs are not AGI, and (on their own) never will be; scaling alone was never going to be enough.”
What we tested: LLMs on their own are not and will never be AGI.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“LLMs are not AGI, and (on their own) never will be; scaling alone was never going to be enough.”
What we tested: Scaling alone was never going to be enough to reach AGI.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“OpenAI tempered expectations for its next event, and said we wouldn’t see GPT-5 then.”
What we tested: OpenAI tempered expectations for its next event and said we would not see GPT-5 at that event.
What happened: The direct spokesperson statement supports the claimed expectation-setting. (TechCrunch, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“The most interesting thing is that the suit could force a discussion of what AGI means – in court.”
What we tested: Elon Musk's new lawsuit against OpenAI could force a court to discuss what AGI means.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“Adding AI into the mix could easily [make things] a lot worse”
What we tested: Adding AI into the mix of social media could easily make things a lot worse.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“But it is also not out of the question that today could end someday end up being seen as a turning point.”
What we tested: It is not out of the question that August 5, 2024 could someday end up being seen as a turning point.
Held from this post (2)
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