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    "The original review of F-001/F-002 is an as-of 22 October checklist: passed gates have not been independently re-certified by this new summary.",
    "This dated record is an editorial status crosswalk between public existing forecast registry and milestone candidates. It does not constitute a new forecast vintage or resolution result.",
    "On 27 October, Scale Labs official documentation disclosed public/private SWE-bench Pro V2 differences and a changing private task denominator across materials. Freeze a specific private set, pass@1 protocol and archived result source before giving CM-001 any probability.",
    "LADDER is a real-robot benchmark introduced by INSAIT on 26 October, but a future binary lock needs a precise five-object trial protocol and denominator.",
    "An Article 101 fine requires a formally adopted European Commission decision; proposals, warnings, and requests for information do not count.",
    "Commercial paid driverless ride definition and a stable MLPerf power / latency baseline remain unapproved.",
    "The existing Evidence Pulse 2.0 client-side mapping surfaces topic links but does not independently validate the direction, novelty or strength of scientific evidence."
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  "scope": "Audited 27 October 2026 against two existing public dataset registries; future changes require new dated audit record, not overwrite."
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