He’s king of the AI boom. Why do former colleagues say he can’t be trusted? 71%
By Gerrit De Vynck0%
5/16/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Legal Proceedings
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Burden of Proof, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 43.8% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 254 faulty-reasoning hits from 89 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 64.3% and a BS Rank of 71% (4,913 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the article peer group.
OAKLAND, Calif. — “Do you always tell the truth?”
an attorney for Tesla CEO Elon Musk gruffly asked Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, in federal court this week.
“I believe I’m a truthful person,” Altman replied.
The attorney pivoted, asking him if people Altman did business with would ever think he misled them.
“I can’t answer that for other people,” said Altman — but several had already had their say in court.
Confirmation Bias
19.1%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
10.1%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
6.7%Framing Effect
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6.7%AuthorGerrit De Vynck
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
29.2%Negativity Bias
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29.2%AuthorGerrit De Vynck
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Self-Serving Bias
9%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
6.7%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
10.1%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
21.3%Appeal to Authority
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21.3%AuthorGerrit De Vynck
24.8%PublicationThe Washington Post
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False Dilemma
19.1%False Dilemma
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19.1%AuthorGerrit De Vynck
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
19.1%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
23.6%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
10.1%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
43.8%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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89 words analyzed.
Analysis
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