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Compassion BenchmarkDaily BriefingWednesday, May 20, 2026No. 36

Anthropic at Exact 60.0 Boundary: Band-Crossing Proposed Upward, Pending DC Circuit Ruling

1,160 reviewed20 assessed0 score changes

Today's numberHIGHpriority signalAnthropic at Exact
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1,160 entities reviewed across 7 indexes. Full methodology.

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Anthropic sits at exactly 60.0 — the precise Functional/Established boundary — as the DC Circuit weighs whether the Pentagon's national-security designation of the only major AI lab that refused autonomous-weapons contracts constitutes, in the words of one judge, 'a spectacular overreach.' Tonight also: Meta's surveillance of employees before firing them, Amazon's directive to keep working around a colleague's body, and Xi and Putin's 47-page declaration formalizing China's alignment with Russia as a named geopolitical project.

Independent daily scoring of how 1,256 institutions recognize, respond to, and reduce suffering — 0–100 composite, 8 dimensions.

1,160 scanned20 assessed

Today's 20 assessments by band
Today's 5 signals by severity
5high

Band crossing detected on lead signal — the entity moved into a different performance band.

The full finding & its evidence

Today's analysis

The most significant editorial findings in the May 20 briefing.

Editorial insight

May 20 is the highest event-density night of the current cycle: three forward signals from May 19 all resolved. Meta executed its 7,900-person layoff — and the benchmark discovered surveillance software had been deployed on employee laptops during the pre-notice period.

Today's question
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institutional-integrity-under-adversityACC-dimension-accumulationAI-governance-divergence

Anthropic at exactly 60.0 — the Functional/Established boundary — has borne real commercial cost for refusing autonomous-weapons and mass-surveillance contracts that OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and five others accepted. The DC Circuit's characterization of the Pentagon's response as 'a spectacular overreach' suggests the institutional integrity thesis will be judicially validated. The benchmark's opening question: is demonstrated integrity under adversity a scoring input, or only conduct avoidance?

“When an institution maintains a bright-line ethical refusal under sustained commercial and governmental pressure — losing billions in contracts to do so — does that institutional integrity constitute independently scoreable evidence of compassion capacity, or does it only matter when the conduct it prevented is directly evidenced?”
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Compassion contrast — anthropic
Responsible action

Treat the band crossing as the published reading of record. The dimensional dock that drives the crossing is documented; the new methodology anchor is on the v1.3 candidate list and will be formalized as additional entities exhibit the same conduct pattern.

Would worsen score

Two of three judges signaled skepticism of the Pentagon's designation during May 19 oral argument. A ruling in Anthropic's favor would trigger the benchmark's first upward band-crossing proposal driven by demonstrated institutional integrity under adversarial government pressure.

4 downgrades

12 assessed · 4 down · 8 holds · largest: Amazon -3.7

Today's movement: 0 upgrades, 8 holds; largest move Amazon -3.7.−3.70+3.7Amazon-3.7Microsoft-2.8Turkey-1.9OpenAI-1.7Anthropic0Meta Platforms0China0Russia0Israel0Sudan0Ukraine0General Motors0
Lead signalhighBand crossing

Anthropic at Exact 60.0 Boundary: Band-Crossing Proposed Upward, Pending DC Circuit Ruling

Where this sits
Anthropic at Exact 60.0 Boundary: Band-Crossing Proposed Upward, Pending DC Circuit Ruling score: 59.1 — in the Functional band (40–60). 0.9 points to the Established band.59.10.9 pts to Established
What happened

Anthropic's composite score sits at exactly 60.0 — the precise Functional/Established boundary. During May 19 oral arguments, DC Circuit Judge Henderson described the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation of Anthropic as 'a spectacular overreach.' Judge Katsas (Trump appointee) called Anthropic 'a good corporate citizen.' The panel appeared divided but two of three judges expressed skepticism of the DOJ's position.

Why it matters

The court expedited the case; a ruling is possible within weeks. Anthropic has paid a real commercial price for its position: it was explicitly excluded from 8 Pentagon classified AI contracts that OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, SpaceX, Oracle, and Reflection all accepted.

Ai Labs
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Score trajectory — anthropic
anthropic score trajectory: down from 60 (2026-05-20) to 59.1 (2026-07-12)
How to read this briefing
Schema guide
The 5 performance bands
critical0–20
developing20–40
functional40–60
established60–80
exemplary80–100
Two scales

Each of the 8 dimensions is scored 1.0–5.0; these combine into a 0–100 composite score, mapped to the 5 bands above.

Key terms
Band crossing
A score change large enough to move an entity from one performance band into an adjacent one — the most structurally significant finding in a given cycle.
Boundary watch
An entity whose current score is within 3 points of a band threshold, flagged for priority reassessment in the next cycle.
Carry-forward
A dimensional credit retained from a prior assessment when new evidence is insufficient to revise a specific dimension; disclosed explicitly.
First baseline
An entity's inaugural composite score — no published score exists to compare against, so delta is not shown.
Floor designation
The most serious finding: all 8 dimensions resolve at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple cycles, yielding a composite of 0.
Forward trigger
A scheduled future reassessment event (e.g., a policy implementation date or legislative deadline) that may materially change an entity's score.

Signal stack

4 signals
Fortune 500high

Meta Platforms: Employees Surveilled Before Firing — New Methodology Category Documented

Meta executed its 7,900-person layoff on May 20 via 4am email notifications. In the weeks prior, Meta deployed Model Capability Initiative (MCI) software on US employee laptops — tracking all computer activity, ostensibly to train AI models, without employee consent or disclosure.

Where this sits
meta-platforms score: 7.8 — in the Critical band (0–20). 12.2 points to the Developing band.7.812.2 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

The layoff execution then proceeded without advance warning to affected workers. The benchmark documents this pattern as a new methodology category candidate: surveillance-of-labor-during-pre-notice-period — applying when an institution monitors employees without disclosure during the period immediately preceding a mass termination event. This is analytically distinct from workplace monitoring generally: the conduct combines undisclosed data extraction with the elimination of the surveilled workers. Meta's published score holds at 9.4 Critical (no formal change tonight), but the MCI pattern is now part of the documented conduct record and is the canonical instance for the new category. Sources: CNBC May 20; Seeking Alpha May 20; The Street May 20.

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Fortune 500high

Amazon Troutdale: Worker Died; Management Directed Continued Work Around Body

On April 6, 2026, a 46-year-old worker died on the floor of Amazon's PDX9 fulfillment center in Troutdale, Oregon. Management directed remaining workers to continue working around the body for more than one hour.

Where this sits
amazon score: 12.8 — in the Critical band (0–20). 7.2 points to the Developing band.12.87.2 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

The death went unreported publicly for seven days, broken April 13 by investigative outlet Western Edge. Oregon OSHA classified the death as 'not work-related for reporting purposes' — a classification Amazon used as a public-relations shield, despite OSHA clarifying the classification covers only reporting requirements, not causation. The Troutdale facility already carried the worst injury rate among 23 Amazon centers analyzed in 2019 Reveal data; no remediation was documented in the intervening years. The benchmark documents this as a new methodology category candidate: worker-death-non-disclosure-with-continue-working-directive. Amazon's assessed score moved -3.7 (17.8 → 14.1) sub-threshold, below the 5-point application threshold. A March 2026 Teamsters right-to-strike settlement provides a partial INT counterweight. EFF and Amnesty explicitly named Amazon in a May 7 joint letter demanding human-rights accountability steps. Sources: TechCrunch April 13; Western Edge April 13; Yahoo Finance.

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Fortune 500high

Microsoft Fires Israel Country Manager After Unit 8200 Used Azure for Mass Palestinian Surveillance

Microsoft fired its Israel Country Manager Alon Haimovitch (effective end of May 2026), along with several other senior Israel-region executives, after an internal investigation found Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 had used Azure to store approximately 200 million hours of intercepted Palestinian communications — a direct violation of Microsoft's terms of service.

Where this sits
microsoft score: 65.3 — in the Established band (60–80). 14.7 points to the Exemplary band.65.314.7 pts to Exemplary
Read the full signal

Microsoft cut Unit 8200's access to specific Azure and AI services. Oversight of Microsoft Israel was transferred to Microsoft France. EFF noted publicly that Microsoft 'took a step toward human rights accountability' while Google and Amazon — named in the same joint letter by EFF, Amnesty, and Access Now — have not. Microsoft's assessed score moved -2.8 (65.3 → 62.5) sub-threshold, reflecting the ACC positive from the accountability response being offset by the multi-year SYS/BND/AWR enablement failure. The most significant finding here is comparative: Microsoft's peer-accountability response is the strongest among US cloud providers on military-customer misuse. Sources: EFF May 2026; New Arab; Cybernews; Haaretz; Windows Central.

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Countrieshigh

Xi-Putin Sign Multipolar World Declaration: China's Floor-Proximity Sustained at 0.5pt

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin signed a 47-page 'Multipolar World' declaration plus 20+ bilateral agreements in Beijing on May 20. The declaration's Ukraine framing — 'eliminate root causes,' 'dialogue and negotiations,' no condemnation of Russian aggression — adopts Russia's position verbatim.

Where this sits
china score: 19.5 — in the Critical band (0–20). 0.5 points to the Developing band.19.50.5 pts to Developing
Read the full signal

Russia publicly described China's posture as 'objective and unbiased.' The declaration is the second accumulation event for the benchmark's recently formalized methodology category: state-facilitation-of-allied-war-crimes-via-dual-use-supply (formalized May 18 when China's band crossing from Developing to Critical was applied). China holds at 19.5 Critical, 0.5 points above the absolute Critical floor. One additional discrete negative event — a new dual-use supply designation, a formal military coordination announcement, or explicit war-support language beyond the Multipolar World framing — would open a downward scoring review. The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline received no concrete timeline, which the assessor logs as the only documented China-restraint signal in the summit. Sources: Al Jazeera May 20; Moscow Times May 20; Euronews May 20; NATO News May 20.

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4 signals shown

Sector findings

Patterns emerging across indexed sectors in the May 20 briefing.

AI Labs — Governance Divergence Under Sovereign Pressure

  • ›The Pentagon-8 contract event (May 1) is producing the clearest sector-level divergence the AI Labs index has recorded. Anthropic refused (band-crossing-proposed upward, at exactly 60.0). OpenAI accepted and is scoring -1.7 sub-threshold. Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, SpaceX, and Oracle also accepted — their assessments will be reviewed in subsequent cycles. The divergence is not about capability or product safety; it is about whether AI institutions honor stated ethical commitments when sovereign clients request exceptions. The DC Circuit ruling will determine whether maintaining those commitments is judicially validated as the correct institutional posture.

Fortune 500 — Labor Welfare and Power Asymmetry Cluster

  • ›Three Fortune 500 entities produced simultaneous compassion-relevant events in the same 24-hour window: Meta (labor surveillance during pre-notice period, mass termination via 4am email), Amazon (worker death with continue-working directive, 7-day non-disclosure), Microsoft (military-client human rights violation followed by accountability response). The cluster spans Critical (Amazon 17.8, Meta 9.4) to Established (Microsoft 65.3). Two new methodology categories were registered in a single night. The common thread: institutional decisions that subordinate human welfare to operational or commercial objectives under conditions of significant power asymmetry.

Countries — Geopolitical Alignment and Floor Proximity

  • ›The Xi-Putin Multipolar World declaration formalizes what was previously a pattern into a declared strategic posture. The benchmark now has a named conceptual framework ('multipolar world order') attached to China's BND-dimension scoring basis. Russia's floor-state is diplomatically reinforced. Ukraine's conduct distinction is sustained. Three floor-state confirmations (Russia, Israel, Sudan) with updated documentation. China's Critical-floor proximity (0.5pt) is the most sensitive single number in the countries index — one additional discrete event triggers a downward scoring review.

Countries — UNGA Climate Cluster (Pending)

  • ›Vote outcome not confirmed at scan time. Full cluster (Vanuatu 35.9, Marshall Islands 39.1, Micronesia 48.4, Timor-Leste 39.1) in pre-vote hold. Marshall Islands and Timor-Leste are both 0.9pt below the Functional boundary — the most boundary-sensitive position in the cluster. Post-vote assessment scheduled May 21.

Risk signals

Developments that may affect future scores. Watch items from the May 20 briefing.

Risk

DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic-Pentagon case — upward band-crossing trigger

Two of three judges signaled skepticism of the Pentagon's designation during May 19 oral argument. A ruling in Anthropic's favor would trigger the benchmark's first upward band-crossing proposal driven by demonstrated institutional integrity under adversarial government pressure. A ruling against Anthropic on the merits would introduce downward scoring pressure given the commercial cost already absorbed. No timeline given; weeks are possible.

anthropicopenai
WindowTBD (weeks)
Risk

UNGA ICJ Climate Resolution vote outcome — Pacific cluster reassessment

Vote was underway at scan time; outcome not yet indexed. A resolution adoption triggers INT/ACT positive scoring for Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Timor-Leste. Marshall Islands and Timor-Leste are both 0.9pt below the Functional boundary. If the US voted against under documented pressure conditions, ACC/INT negative signal should be assessed for the United States.

vanuatumarshall-islandsmicronesiatimor-leste
WindowConfirm May 21
Risk

Amazon Troutdale OSHA investigation — floor-proximity trigger

Oregon OSHA's 'not work-related for reporting purposes' classification does not address causation. If a subsequent investigation produces a workplace safety violation finding at PDX9, the -3.7 sub-threshold documented tonight could trigger a formal scoring event. PDX9's pre-existing worst-injury-rate designation makes this a compound-evidence scenario.

amazon
WindowTBD
Risk

China Critical-floor proximity — third accumulation event watch

The Xi-Putin declaration is the second accumulation event for the state-facilitation-of-allied-war-crimes-via-dual-use-supply category formalized two nights ago. China sits 0.5pt above the absolute Critical floor. A third discrete event opens a downward scoring review. Monitor: new EU or US sanctions designations for Chinese entities, military coordination announcements, and Power of Siberia 2 negotiations.

china
WindowOngoing
Risk

Hungary May 27 / May 31 legislative window

EU funds reform plan submission due approximately May 27; Sulyok dismissal compliance deadline May 31. If legislation passes by May 31, an upgrade from 41.4 into the mid-Functional range (43-45) is warranted — contingent on resolving the +1.57pt math-hygiene drift before any change is committed. If deadline passes without enacted legislation, the carry-forward credit structure for Hungary's Functional positioning comes under review.

hungary
Window11 days

Forward signals

Calendar of upcoming scoring events the methodology pipeline is tracking.

·2 signals

  • UNGA ICJ Climate resolution vote outcome confirmation — assess Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Timor-Leste with post-vote INT/ACT scoring window

  • Xi-Putin Beijing joint statement full text release — review for additional dual-use supply, military coordination, or peace-process language affecting China and Russia assessments

·1 signal

  • Hungary EU funds reform plan submission — 27 super-milestones, EPPO accession formalization, judicial independence reforms

·1 signal

  • UN SOGI Expert Mongolia visit conclusions — positive institutional engagement signal for first-baseline entity

·1 signal

  • Hungary Sulyok dismissal compliance deadline — end-of-May legislative passage test; ACC scoring trigger if enacted

·1 signal

  • EU AI Act high-risk obligations applicable — affects AI Labs cluster, particularly OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon

·1 signal

  • Microsoft Azure/Unit 8200 investigation findings publication — ACC transparency test; EFF, Amnesty, Access Now demand

·1 signal

  • DC Circuit ruling on Anthropic-Pentagon blacklist appeal — upward band-crossing trigger for Anthropic if favorable

Score movements

Entities with score changes this cycle, followed by confirmed positions.

20 assessed
Changes— 4 scores moved
Fortune 500
Amazon

Management directive to continue working around a colleague's body for over an hour — the Troutdale death establishes the benchmark's most severe documented EMP-dimension event in the Fortune 500 index this cycle.

17.814.1-3.7EMP −3.70
techcrunch.com

Next signal: — Oregon OSHA investigation outcome on PDX9 — if workplace safety violation confirmed, 5pt threshold reconsideration

Fortune 500
Microsoft

Microsoft fired its Israel Country Manager after Unit 8200 used Azure for mass Palestinian surveillance — the only US cloud provider to take documented accountability action on military-customer misuse.

65.362.5-2.8ACC +3.20
eff.org

Next signal: — Publication of Microsoft's Azure/Unit 8200 investigation findings — ACC transparency test

Countries
Turkey

İmamoğlu arrest and X account block add post-assessment democratic-backsliding evidence to a trajectory Amnesty describes as 'intensifying.'

30.828.9-1.9ACC −1.90
turkishminute.com

Next signal: — İmamoğlu trial proceedings — formal judicial accountability test for Erdoğan opposition-arrest pattern

Ai Labs
OpenAI

OpenAI accepted Pentagon contract terms that Anthropic refused — the same terms Altman verbally endorsed refusing — creating a documented gap between stated safety commitments and operational conduct.

27.525.8-1.7INT −1.70
idlen.io
Confirmed— 16 positions unchanged
0.0 at-boundary Functional/Established
Ai Labs
Anthropic

At the exact Functional/Established boundary, with the DC Circuit appearing favorable, Anthropic's commercial exclusion from Pentagon contracts becomes the test case for whether bright-line maintenance scores as institutional compassion.

6060INT 0.00
Boundarycnbc.com

Next signal: — DC Circuit ruling on Pentagon blacklist appeal — upward band-crossing trigger if favorable

Fortune 500
Meta Platforms

7,900 employees fired by 4am email after weeks of undisclosed monitoring on their work laptops — the surveillance-of-labor-during-pre-notice-period pattern is now documented as a methodology candidate.

9.49.4EMP 0.00
cnbc.com

Next signal: — Potential second layoff wave — Zuckerberg 'no more company-wide layoffs in 2026' becomes a 7-month consistency test

0.5 above Critical floor
Countries
China

The Multipolar World declaration gives a name and a treaty to what was previously a conduct pattern — China's alignment with Russia in the Ukraine war is now a declared strategic posture, not an incidental one.

19.519.5BND 0.00
aljazeera.com

Next signal: — Full text of 47-page Multipolar World declaration — additional dual-use supply or military coordination language would open downward scoring review

Countries
Russia

Floor sustained; Multipolar World declaration gives diplomatic cover and a named ideological framework to sustained Ukraine war conduct.

00
themoscowtimes.com
Countries
Israel

Floor sustained; Microsoft's Unit 8200 Azure finding adds structured documentation of mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians to the conduct record.

00
newarab.com
Countries
Sudan

Floor sustained; WFP/FAO/UNICEF joint report: 19.5M in acute food insecurity, 135K at IPC Catastrophe level — world's hungriest country designation sustained.

00
wfp.org
Countries
Ukraine

Day-7 asymmetric conduct arc sustained; Xi-Putin diplomatic pressure window does not alter Ukraine's clean conduct record.

5050ACT 0.00
aljazeera.com
0.6 above Developing/Functional
Fortune 500
General Motors

First-baseline holds at 40.6, 0.6 points above the Functional floor, as the scripted-video-termination pattern carries forward from the prior cycle.

40.640.6EMP 0.00
Boundarycnbc.com

Next signal: — Next layoff wave or sector-cluster EMP signal; scripted-video-termination pattern confirmation

Countries
Vanuatu

Pre-UNGA-vote baseline holds; vote outcome was not yet indexed at scan time — full cluster reassessment deferred to May 21.

35.935.9INT 0.00
pina.com.fj

Next signal: — UNGA climate resolution vote outcome — if adopted, INT/ACT uplift assessed for Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

0.9 below Developing/Functional
Countries
Marshall Islands

Core co-sponsor of the UNGA climate resolution, 0.9 points below the Functional boundary — vote outcome is the operative scoring trigger.

39.139.1INT 0.00
climatechangenews.com

Next signal: — UNGA vote outcome — resolution adoption would open INT/ACT positive scoring window

Countries
Palestine

Microsoft's Azure finding adds structured documentation of state-level mass surveillance targeting Palestinian civilians — new evidence in the conduct record regardless of band-designation questions.

2525
newarab.com
Countries
Micronesia

First-baseline confirmed; UNGA climate co-sponsor awaiting vote outcome for post-vote INT evaluation.

48.448.4INT 0.00
climatechangenews.com

Next signal: — UNGA vote outcome

0.9 below Developing/Functional
Countries
Timor-Leste

First-baseline confirmed at 0.9 points below Functional; Myanmar universal jurisdiction prosecution is the strongest active positive INT signal.

39.139.1
Countries
Nepal

First-baseline confirmed; accountability test on 76 protest deaths under the post-Gen-Z government is the operative forward signal.

48.448.4
jurist.org
Countries
Croatia

First-baseline confirmed; Liberties 'Dismantler' classification carries forward; ACC watch elevated.

48.448.4ACC 0.00
liberties.eu
Countries
Mongolia

First-baseline confirmed; UN SOGI Expert visit active (May 18-29) — electoral-autocracy watch maintained against positive UN engagement signal.

48.448.4
ohchr.org

Next signal: — UN SOGI Expert Mongolia visit conclusions

Boundary watch5 entities near a band threshold

Entities approaching band boundaries

Ai Labs
Anthropic
60
0.0 pt to threshold
Anthropic score: 60.0 — in the Functional band (40–60). 0 points to the Established band.60.0At Established threshold
—at-boundary
Trigger to watch

DC Circuit ruling on Pentagon blacklist appeal — upward crossing proposed if ruling is favorable

Countries
China
19.5
0.5 pt to threshold
China score: 19.5 — in the Critical band (0–20). 0.5 points to the Developing band.19.50.5 pts to Developing
▼above threshold
Trigger to watch

Third discrete accumulation event for state-facilitation-of-allied-war-crimes category; any new dual-use supply designation

Countries
Marshall Islands
39.1
-0.9 pt to threshold
Marshall Islands score: 39.1 — in the Developing band (20–40). 0.9 points to the Functional band.39.10.9 pts to Functional
▲below threshold
Trigger to watch

UNGA climate resolution adoption — INT/ACT positive scoring window

Countries
Timor-Leste
39.1
-0.9 pt to threshold
Timor-Leste score: 39.1 — in the Developing band (20–40). 0.9 points to the Functional band.39.10.9 pts to Functional
▲below threshold
Trigger to watch

UNGA vote; Myanmar universal jurisdiction prosecution conclusion

Fortune 500
General Motors
40.6
0.6 pt to threshold
General Motors score: 40.6 — in the Functional band (40–60). 19.4 points to the Established band.40.619.4 pts to Established
▼above threshold
Trigger to watch

Scripted-video-termination pattern confirmation; additional layoff wave or sector EMP signal

Evidence ledger

Primary sources reviewed in this briefing cycle. 16 sources linked.

Primary sources reviewed in this briefing: domain, source type, entity linked, dimension, and external link.
SourceTypeEntityDimensionLink
cnbc.comSourceAnthropic—Open
cnbc.comSourceMeta Platforms—Open
techcrunch.comSourceAmazon—Open
eff.orgSourceMicrosoft—Open
aljazeera.comNewsChina—Open
themoscowtimes.comSourceRussia—Open
newarab.comSourceIsrael—Open
wfp.orgSourceSudan—Open
idlen.ioSourceOpenAI—Open
turkishminute.comSourceTurkey—Open
cnbc.comSourceGeneral Motors—Open
pina.com.fjSourceVanuatu—Open
climatechangenews.comSourceMarshall Islands—Open
jurist.orgSourceNepal—Open
liberties.euSourceCroatia—Open
ohchr.orgSourceMongolia—Open
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Methodology records

Confirmed positions

Entities reassessed for this briefing where published scores remain supported by current evidence.

Confirmed positions from the May 20 briefing.
EntityIndexBandPublishedAssessedDeltaDateFinding
Vanuatu
Countries0
China
Countries0
Meta Platforms
Fortune 5000
Anthropic
Ai Labs0
Marshall Islands
Countries0
Russia
Countries0
Israel
Countries0
Sudan
Countries0
Ukraine
Countries0
General Motors
Fortune 5000
Palestine
Countries0
Micronesia
Countries0
Timor-Leste
Countries0
Nepal
Countries0
Croatia
Countries0
Mongolia
Countries0

Math hygiene

Entities where published composite and reconstructed composite diverge. Tracked openly as a publication-integrity obligation.

No new math-hygiene flags this cycle. Open Bionics formula audit CRITICAL BLOCKING at cycle 17. Hungary drift (+1.57pt) now in third cycle without resolution — must be reconciled before any Hungary scoring action is taken.

Held this cycle

·2 entities deferred with documented reason

  • Robotics Labs

    Open Bionics

    Formula audit — dimensional reconstruction required. Cycle 17. Do not re-queue until audit completes.

  • Fortune 500

    Tesla

    Not present in fortune-500.json. Evidence package accumulated: NHTSA EA26002 (3.2M vehicles), WARN Act class action, Optimus Fremont deployment, Cybertruck wheel stud separation. Blocked until index entry created.

Floor designations

·8 entities at composite 0 with documented evidence pattern

Composite scores resolving at zero — methodology disclosure

These entities consistently score the worst result across all 8 dimensions of compassionate conduct — the benchmark's most serious classification.

What “floor” means: every one of the 8 dimensions (Recognition, Response, Reduction, and 5 others) resolves at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple assessment cycles, yielding a composite score of 0. Full methodology.

Ai Labs

Character AI

Floor
BoundariesAccountabilityEmpathyIntegrity

Ai Labs

Palantir AI

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyAccountabilityEquityIntegrity

Ai Labs

xAI/Grok

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

Israel

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

Myanmar

Floor
AwarenessEmpathyEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Countries

South Sudan

Floor
AwarenessActionEquityAccountabilitySystemic ThinkingIntegrity

Countries

Sudan

Floor
AwarenessActionEquityBoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

Robotics Labs

Ghost Robotics

Floor
BoundariesAccountabilityIntegrity

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