It Is Possible to Stop an AI Takeover: Tatiana Maslany

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1. Claim 1

   Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:01

   “What about this argument that it's inevitable? The technology is there. It looks like people are putting out videos of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop.”

   People released a video depicting Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop.

   A 15-second AI-generated clip depicted digital versions of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting on a rooftop. The actors did not actually fight; the video was generated using AI.

   Sources

   • 1Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise AI Clip Gut-Punches Hollywood: 6 Things To Know About It↗

     SupportsThe two leading men did not, in fact, battle on a rooftop — but AI made it look like they did.

2. Claim 2

   Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 0:53

   “had people message me about AI videos of me on YouTube saying, "Oh, that was a really interesting video you did on But that's not me."”

   The speaker received messages about YouTube videos using an AI likeness of them and falsely presenting them as the speaker's own work.

   This is a personal account whose truth depends on private messages, the videos, and the speaker's identity, none of which are identified in the transcript or independently documented by the available sources.

   • Technology and privacy

   Sources: none found for this claim.

3. Claim 3

   Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 1:20

   “On the data centers, we just had a bunch of primary elections where leftist candidates here in the US are winning Democratic primaries.”

   Multiple progressive candidates won Democratic primaries in recent U.S. elections while campaigning for restrictions on data centers.

   The transcript does not identify which elections or define “leftist,” so the assertion cannot be evaluated as stated. Reporting does document individual progressive candidates winning primaries, but that does not establish the broader, undefined characterization.

   Checked twice, independently: the first pass returned Accurate and the second Unverifiable. Recorded as Unverifiable.

   • Technology and privacy
   • US elections and domestic politics

   Sources

   • 1They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices↗

     BackgroundDatacenter backlash was a deciding factor in an Oregon senate primary election in July, when Myrna Muñoz, an educator, upset the incumbent, Janeen Sollman, who had backed a controversial bill that would have traded more farmland for industrial development.

4. Claim 4

   Accurate92% confidence▶ 1:31

   “a lot of these local candidates are running against data centers. It's become a huge issue at the local level.”

   Many local candidates are campaigning against data centers, making the issue significant in local politics.

   Reporting describes data-center opposition as affecting local-office races across the country, with candidates using opposition to projects as a campaign issue. The evidence supports the claim that data centers have become a meaningful local political issue.

   The intensifiers "a lot" and "huge" are judged qualitatively as indicating a substantial and politically consequential number of candidates and races, not a quantified majority.

   • Technology and privacy

   Sources

   • 1Are Any Data Centers Enough to Flip a Key House Race?↗

     SupportsLawrence is just one of the many candidates nationwide — Democrats and Republicans — running on their opposition to data center projects, and data centers have gone from an almost entirely anonymous topic to a political issue so potent that candidates are desperate to use them in their campaigns.

   • 2Data center frustrations cause upheaval in Maryland county primaries↗

     SupportsIn Montgomery County, the winning candidate in the crowded Democratic primary for county executive, Will Jawando, had what advocates considered the most aggressive stance against data centers.

5. Claim 5

   Misleading86% confidence▶ 1:37

   “these big centers being built, jacking up their electricity bills”

   New data centers are raising local residents' electricity bills.

   Data-center construction can contribute to higher rates in some regions when utilities build new generation or grid infrastructure and shift costs to other ratepayers. However, the statement presents higher bills as a general local result, whereas the evidence shows regionally variable effects and no uniform nationwide increase attributable to data centers.

   Omits: The claim omits that electricity-price effects vary by region, rate structure, and infrastructure costs; one causal U.S. study found average retail electricity rates fell modestly from 2015 to 2024, while other evidence identified increases in at least one region.

   • Energy and oil markets
   • Technology and privacy

   Sources

   • 1From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities↗

     BackgroundHowever, there’s evidence that the need to procure and build new energy infrastructure for data centers contributed to price increases in at least one region (the Mid-Atlantic). Other regions could see the same if safeguards aren’t put in place.

   • 2Have Data Centers Raised Your Electric Bill? Causal Evidence from the United States↗

     RefutesWe estimate that data centers caused average retail electricity rates to fall modestly in the United States from 2015 to 2024 using an instrumental variables approach.

6. Claim 6

   Accurate50% confidence▶ 1:43

   “dealing with the water issues you mentioned.”

   Data centers create water-related problems for local communities.

   Large data centers consume substantial amounts of water for cooling, and documented concerns include pressure on water supplies, especially in drought-stressed regions. The scale varies by cooling technology and location, but the general claim about water-related community impacts is supported.

   • Technology and privacy

   Sources

   • 1From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities↗

     SupportsThis massive demand is a pressing problem for communities already facing drought or depleting water supplies.

   • 2Regulating Data Center Water Use in California↗

     SupportsOn a smaller scale, a data center’s direct resource use can increase stress on local water systems and regional energy systems.

7. Claim 7

   Accurate92% confidence▶ 1:46

   “you see how active like resistance to a protest has actually stopped the creation of so many of these data centers. I mean, there's there's I've seen it happen across Canada. I've seen it happen in the states, and it is possible to stop it.”

   Community protests and resistance have stopped or halted multiple data-center projects in the United States and Canada.

   Multiple U.S. projects were delayed or canceled after organized opposition, and a Canadian proposed AI data center in Armour Township was abandoned after public feedback and a large community petition. The evidence supports the claim that local resistance can halt projects in both countries.

   The intensifier "so many" is judged as meaning multiple projects, not most or a quantified share of all proposed data centers.

   Sources

   • 1From Energy Use to Air Quality, the Many Ways Data Centers Affect US Communities↗

     SupportsMore than $64 billion in projects were delayed or canceled between May 2024 and March 2025 due to organized opposition.

   • 2Community opposition helps halt proposed data centre in Armour Twp↗

     SupportsA proposed artificial intelligence data centre slated for Armour Township’s Highway 520 Industrial Park is no longer moving ahead, according to the project’s developer, who cited required studies and public feedback in the decision