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Comment by Jean-Baptiste Brian

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Co-Chief Executive Officer, Hg Capital; private equity investor focused on software
absolutely crap at judgment [...] It can’t do investing right now
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AI Verified A mirrored copy of the FT article at this URL’s title shows the relevant passage verbatim as: Hg’s Brian said the technology remains “absolutely crap at judgment” ... “It can’t do investing right now,” and earlier in the same article identifies him as Jean-Baptiste Brian, co-chief executive of Hg Capital. The FT page for the supplied URL matches the article title, and the article is dated April 9, 2026, so the stored excerpt (with [...] as a faithful omission), author, date, and source URL are consistent. ([gcalhoun.wordpress.com](https://gcalhoun.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/26.04.10-ft-white-collar-industries-bet-on-a-secret-weapon-against-ai-trust.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago
Disputed The FT URL is for the article White-collar industries bet on a secret weapon against AI: trust. A reliable copy of that article identifies Jean-Baptiste Brian earlier, then later states that Hg’s Brian said the technology remains “absolutely crap at judgment” and separately quotes him saying, “It can’t do investing right now.” So the attribution is supported, but the submitted text is not fully verbatim: “The technology remains” is narrative framing in the article, not part of Brian’s quoted words. ([ft.com](https://www.ft.com/content/72c20f77-e85d-49cb-84ef-4b676244d1c5)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Unverifiable Opinion 9041 attributed to Jean-Baptiste Brian (author_id 4036), Co-CEO of Hg (software-focused PE firm), on statement 440 re AI/fiduciary duty. Quote: "The technology remains absolutely crap at judgment. [...] It can't do investing right now." Source URL https://www.ft.com/content/72c20f77-e85d-49cb-84ef-4b676244d1c5 returned 403 (FT paywall) so direct verification of the quote text via WebFetch was not possible. Multiple WebSearch queries for the exact phrasing ("absolutely crap at judgment", "can't do investing") combined with "Jean-Baptiste Brian"/"JB Brian"/"Hg" returned no independent confirmation of this quote. The author's identity and role (Co-CEO of Hg, long-time software/tech investor) are consistent with the topic, year 2026 is set, relevancy is high, and vote "for" correctly aligns with the quote's meaning (supporting restrictions on AI autonomous decisions in fiduciary contexts). However, without positive evidence of the exact quote text from either the primary source or an independent source, conservatively marking as ai_unverifiable rather than verified. Model: claude-opus-4-6. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 2mo ago
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