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COR-2026-08-02-001 · effective 2026-08-02 · current

Convergence taxonomy: two incompatible C1-C8 mappings resolved

Previously: Two mappings in the frozen 2 August 2026 release use the identifiers C1-C8 for different class sequences. governance/CONVERGENCE-TAXONOMY-2026-08-02.yaml begins C1 = formal derivation, C2 = internal synthetic validation, C3 = programme-run empirical result, C4 = independent empirical replication, C5 = cross-implementation reproduction, C6 = documentary provenance, C7 = analogy or cross-domain resemblance, C8 = adverse, null or contrary evidence. CLAIMS-GOVERNANCE-POLICY-AND-PUBLICATION-GATE-2026-08-02 section 6 begins C1 = direct independent empirical relevance, C2 = mechanistic or structural relevance, C3 = formal or mathematical correspondence, C4 = engineering or governance proposal, C5 = institutional or cultural echo, C6 = prior or concurrent work, C7 = author-run experiment or analysis, C8 = quarantined or unresolved.
Now: The governance policy section 6 mapping governs public output, per the release source hierarchy. The website generates from a new non-colliding schema identifier EVCLASS-2026-08-02 with codes EVC1 to EVC8 carrying the governance meanings. The frozen YAML remains byte-identical in the downloadable audit archive and is marked superseded for website generation only. Any historical row stored under a bare C code retains that code as an explicit superseded alias and is never silently reinterpreted.
Why: Identical identifiers for different class definitions make every generated page, chart and metadata field keyed on a bare C code ambiguous. Confirmed byte-level in both files on 2 August 2026 by T4-research, independently of the reviewer's report.
Controlling sources: docs/markdown/CLAIMS-GOVERNANCE-POLICY-AND-PUBLICATION-GATE-2026-08-02.md section 6
governance/CONVERGENCE-TAXONOMY-2026-08-02.yaml
Routes affected: /research/convergences/, /research/evidence-portal/, /priority-claims.html
Authorised by: release source hierarchy; implemented by T4-research

COR-2026-08-02-002 · effective 2026-08-02 · current

No heterogeneous convergence total is authorised, including 22, 26 and 29

Previously: Earlier public wording presented convergence counts as programme totals, including the formulation 'a typed register of dated events, classified by evidence class and never summed across classes'. Still earlier wording used 29.
Now: No heterogeneous convergence total is published. Where a count is shown at all it is per class, with its denominator, inclusion rule, dependence grouping, search date and generating commit stated beside it. A single number summed over classes that mean different things is not a meaningful quantity.
Why: CLAIMS-GOVERNANCE-POLICY section 6 states in terms that there is no authorised heterogeneous 22, 26, 29 or successor convergence total. This supersedes both the retired 29 and the later 22-of-26 formulation, and it supersedes the corresponding rule previously carried in the site's own research claims gate.
Controlling sources: docs/markdown/CLAIMS-GOVERNANCE-POLICY-AND-PUBLICATION-GATE-2026-08-02.md section 6
Routes affected: /research/convergences/, /research/evidence-portal/, /priority-claims.html, /
Authorised by: release source hierarchy; implemented by T4-research

COR-2026-08-02-003 · effective 2026-08-02 · current

Adverse prior art registered; firstness claims downgraded across the estate

Previously: Author byline across 279 published files: 'originator of the embedded-correction alignment thesis (manuscript 8 December 2024)'. On priority-evidence: 'Every claim in this document has been independently verified against the source material by multiple agents'.
Now: Byline: 'recorded the embedded-correction alignment thesis in a timestamped manuscript (8 December 2024)'. Verification wording: 'cross-checked against the source material by multiple agents. That is internal cross-checking, not independent verification'. The surviving candidate contribution is methodological operationalisation, stated in the approved safe wording and not claimed as a first.
Why: A commissioned adversarial prior-art review, post-dating the frozen release, located closer prior work. T4-research verified the two load-bearing sources at primary source on 2 August 2026: Jacob Cannell, 'LOVE in a simbox is all you need', AI Alignment Forum, 28 September 2022, which proposes testing alignment via sandboxed simulations of small AGI societies, agents learning others' values or empowerment, a developmental transition from selfish to altruistic, and asks what the simulator-gods owe their sim-creations; and Eric Schwitzgebel and Mara Garza, 'A Defense of the Rights of Artificial Intelligences', Midwest Studies in Philosophy 39 (2015) 98-119, on obligations similar to those of parent to child or god to creature. Both predate the December 2024 anchor.
Controlling sources: https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/WKGZBCYAbZ6WGsKHc/love-in-a-simbox-is-all-you-need
https://doi.org/10.1111/misp.12032
Routes affected: /research/prior-art/, /start-here.html, /priority-claims.html, /research/papers/
Authorised by: operator direction 2 August 2026; implemented by T4-research

COR-2026-08-02-004 · effective 2026-08-02 · current

Raw mailbox objects withdrawn from publication

Previously: Two BBC mailbox objects were published and downloadable: 03-jan7-2026-bbc-faisal-islam.redacted.eml, 12,232,204 bytes, sha256 b996883bb67f4a5c323981c7834b5f41d0c7fbe68cde94eb7817608f000c7fdf; and 04-jan22-2026-bbc-evidence.redacted.eml, 4,861,407 bytes, sha256 2f783a7bb03017df0d4795e6daf5868e7f8503bb078a869a9ee66515126843d4. Pages stated that the .eml file is downloadable.
Now: No raw mailbox object is published. Each anchor's SHA-256 and byte size are published so a held copy can be checked, and the sealed source is provided to serious verifiers on request.
Why: Operator instruction of 2 August 2026, and the release's own section 1 rule against publishing raw mailbox objects. Both files carried full base64 attachment blocks and a third-party business address despite a .redacted filename. The 8 December 2024 and 30 April 2025 manuscripts were already unpublished and returned 404.
Controlling sources: operator instruction 2 August 2026
release README section 1
Routes affected: /research/evidence-portal/, /evidence/, /verify.html
Authorised by: operator

Evidence class taxonomy in force

Schema EVCLASS-2026-08-02, governed by CLAIMS-GOVERNANCE-POLICY-AND-PUBLICATION-GATE-2026-08-02 section 6. The frozen release YAML is retained byte-identical in the audit archive and is superseded for website generation only. Historical rows keep their old bare code as an explicit superseded alias; no stored code is ever silently reinterpreted.

Evidence class taxonomy in force: code, superseded alias, class, permitted wording and counting policy.
Code in force	Superseded alias	Class	Permitted wording	Count policy
EVC1	C1	direct independent empirical relevance	provides independent evidence consistent with	count only within a separately defined and verified EVC1 total
EVC2	C2	mechanistic or structural relevance	shares a mechanism or structural form with	report separately; never add to EVC1
EVC3	C3	formal or mathematical correspondence	formally corresponds within stated assumptions	report separately; never present as empirical validation
EVC4	C4	engineering or governance proposal	independently proposes an adjacent implementation	report separately
EVC5	C5	institutional or cultural echo	reflects a wider movement or thematic echo	never add to an evidence total
EVC6	C6	prior or concurrent work	relevant prior or concurrent work; no priority claimed	never count as confirmation
EVC7	C7	author-run experiment or analysis	programme-run result or pilot	exclude from external-evidence totals
EVC8	C8	quarantined or unresolved	not public-facing pending verification	exclude

Totals policy. No heterogeneous total is authorised. Any published count is per class and carries denominator, inclusion rule, dependence grouping, search date and generating commit.

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