Hype Check Live

The loudest claims in AI and cybersecurity, scored from real to hype. Every Tuesday.

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Sep 8, 2026

The First AGI Scored 66 Without Its Special Tools

We also check gold's slide, coffee and your bones, the death of new music, and the richest US Open ever

Sep 1, 2026

The 267% Rise In Electricity Cost Is Not Data Center's Contribution To Your Bill

Are data centers really pushing costs onto customers. The scariest figure in circulation is a wholesale price wearing a retail costume. Plus entry-level jobs, megalodon and the Earth's core.

Aug 27, 2026

The $2 Trillion Backlog That Isn't Nvidia's

Plus a rogue AI that wasn't quite rogue, tennis's record payday, a Swift record with an asterisk, and the hurricane season that is not canceled.

Aug 20, 2026

The Sunscreen Study Says the Opposite of the Post

A real paper, a real number, and a conclusion its own authors reject

Aug 11, 2026

The Ozempic Dementia Number Came From a Database, Not a Trial

A 40 to 70 percent risk reduction is being repeated as a finding. The one randomized trial that tested it came back negative. Plus the jobs report, the box office and a quantum milestone.