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We recorded 4 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 3 can’t be checked. 2 more are held. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (4)

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  1. Assessment: SupportedSaid

    “First, Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman just tried to redefine superintelligence down from AI that is smarter than the smartest humans to something a lot more mundane: AI “models capable of delivering product value for millions of enterprises”.”

    What we tested: Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman just tried to redefine superintelligence down from AI that is smarter than the smartest humans to something much more mundane: AI models capable of delivering product value for millions of enterprises.

    What happened: The original interview immediately attributes to Suleyman an explanation of superintelligence in terms of models supplying enterprise product value. This supports Marcus’s reading as public reframing, although it does not establish a formal technical change. (The Verge, )

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “If I am not mistaken, I guess makes cell phones and Microsoft Word … “superintelligent”.”

    What we tested: Marcus suggests, tentatively ('if I am not mistaken, I guess'), that Suleyman's definition would make cell phones and Microsoft Word 'superintelligent'.

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “A quarter-billion dollar desperation move: an effort to control the narrative, to distract away from the billion or so dollars they are losing each month this year, and rumors that their stock is losing favor on the secondary market.”

    What we tested: Marcus's only guess is that OpenAI's $250 million purchase of TBPN is a desperation move: an effort to control the narrative and to distract from the billion or so dollars it is losing each month this year and from rumors that its stock is losing favor on the secondary market.

  4. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “With actual AGI nowhere in sight, redefinition and spin may be all that’s left.”

    What we tested: Actual AGI is nowhere in sight as of April 2026.

Held from this post (2)

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