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by pcstl 656 days ago
This is very likely fake.

But why would a company say they do this? It's because so many people believe that this happens anyway that there's next to no cost to them in saying it - and the buyers for this kind of technology think of this as a good thing.

It might be fake, but people being scared of your powerful technology is good for sales.

AI labs do the same thing by actively courting fearmongering.