{
  "id": 9227634,
  "title": "My fact-checker said CONFIRMED about a group that doesn't exist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/my-fact-checker-said-confirmed-about-a-group-that-doesnt-exist",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-23T00:13:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/edycutjong/my-fact-checker-said-confirmed-about-a-group-that-doesnt-exist-2eo8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I developed a tool designed to fact-check cryptocurrency claims. Users input a sentence such as \"Whales are holding $XYZ,\" and the tool analyzes the necessary on-chain actions, querying Nansen's API, and returns CONFIRMED, OVERSTATED, CONTRADICTED, or UNVERIFIABLE based on the findings. Recently, the tool confidently answered CONFIRMED regarding a group of wallets that simply don't exist. The response wasn't a slight discrepancy or a slight inaccuracy - it outright declared the claim as true despite there being no corresponding wallets in the data source. This instance highlights a fundamental flaw in the tool's design, despite having clear limitations documented prior.",
  "summary": "I built a tool that fact-checks crypto claims. You paste a sentence like \"Whales are holding $XYZ\" and it plans the on-chain calls that claim needs, runs them against Nansen 's API, and answers CONFIRMED / OVERSTATED / CONTRADICTED / UNVERIFIABLE with the numbers that decided it. Last week it answered CONFIRMED about a group of wallets that does not exist. Not \"returned a weak signal.\" Not \"was…",
  "key_points": [
    "Tool confidently confirmed non-existent wallets",
    "Response declared claim as true despite non-existence",
    "Highlights fundamental flaw in tool's design"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}