model_release/frontier-qualification/top-choice-wave-2026-09-07.json

{
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  "as_of": "2026-09-07",
  "status": "GOVERNED_PLAN_NOT_LOCAL_QUALIFICATION",
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    "contract_path": "public/frontier/top-choice-integration-matrix.v1.json",
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    "hugging_face_dataset": "SZLHOLDINGS/szl-frontier-covenant"
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      "runtime correctness, performance, fallback, and rollback receipt when applicable",
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      "no unresolved HOLD gate",
      "explicit A11oy production authorization receipt bound to the exact candidate and consumer revisions"
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        "The router contract intentionally keeps routing_eligibility=false."
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    {
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        "No payload download, training, or redistribution is authorized by this contract.",
        "After authorized access, only a bounded checksum-pinned sample may enter the first noise/ASR robustness evaluation."
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    "Upstream benchmark results are not SZL local measurements.",
    "No upstream asset is rebranded as an SZL-originated invention.",
    "No candidate can promote itself or authorize tools, writes, training, routing, or production actions."
  ]
}