I will only surprised if they hire a figure like gavin andersen or vitalik buterin to formulate the system which it is impossible.
This kind rumor has been here for quite a while, media just not love to blow this up but recently they get bored with covid19 news all this year probably and bring this headline like randomly.
Nothing to worry about , let them work their ass off so hard , the result will always nil. Decentralized means nobody can control over it, period.