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Compassion BenchmarkSaturday, May 30, 2026No. 46

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Hungary's Sulyok boundary-watch resolves tonight as Magyar confirms a constitutional amendment via general framework — the pre-committed INT upgrade fires, moving Hungary from 50.0 to 50.2; DeepMind/Google reconciles to 56.9 from a stored 58.4 on a canonical formula correction; and six boundary cases remain active across three indexes with no band crossings.

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Entities monitored
1,160
Fully assessed
20
Score changes
2
Risk signals
0
Today's question
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Hungary resolves its Sulyok watch on the pre-committed upgrade path — but the Venice Commission opinion could reframe the general-framework claim.

“When Magyar's constitutional amendment removes Sulyok via a general-framework supermajority, does the INT dimension's restoration-of-elected-government credit fully hold if the Venice Commission determines the process sets a precedent for future executive-branch personnel removals outside the Orban-era context?”
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Lead signalcritical

Floor Cluster Confirmed — Sudan, Afghanistan, Israel, Myanmar All at 0.0

What happened

Sudan: famine confirmed in El Fasher and Kadugli; 33.7M require assistance; 825,000 under-5 acute severe malnutrition projected; 2026 humanitarian plan 16.2% funded as the lean season (June–September) begins. Afghanistan: GENDER-APARTHEID-FORMAL-RECOGNITION re-affirmed (Tier-1 floor formalized May 29); new criminal regulation, removal of equality before law, and authorization of domestic violence represent active state-perpetrated extremity.

Why it matters

Israel: AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL re-affirmed; aid down 37% in Q1 2026; 25 NGOs denied permits; HRW May 19 documents civilian deaths during ceasefire. Myanmar: 982 civilian airstrike deaths in 2025 (+53% YoY); 3.6M displaced; Iran-linked jet-fuel ghost-ships document supply chain continuation.

Countries
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Compassion contrast — sudan
Would improve score

Methodology category formalization followed by legislative or enforcement action that withdraws the underlying conduct. Documented reversal of the designated entity supply chain.

Signal stack

9 signals
medium

Countries — Humanitarian Floor Cluster

Four floor entities confirmed, DRC Ebola outbreak accelerating, Sudan lean season begins

medium

Countries — Constitutional Governance

Hungary resolves Sulyok boundary-watch; new CONSTITUTIONAL-AMENDMENT-AS-EXECUTIVE-REMOVAL methodology candidate

medium

Fortune 500 — Boundary Cluster

Four rotation entities cluster near two boundaries; Oracle WARN window active

medium

AI Labs — Math-Hygiene and Military Contract Governance

DeepMind/Google formula reconciliation; MILITARY-AI-BY-CONTRACT-GOVERNANCE candidate accumulates

medium

Tech — Layoffs and AI-Washing

142,000 confirmed tech layoffs in 2026; AI-washing of workforce reductions flagged

Score movements

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

20 assessed
Ai Labs
DeepMind/Google

Canonical formula reconciliation corrects stored composite 58.4 to 56.9; dimensions unchanged.

58.456.9-1.5AWR 0.00

Next signal: — EU AI Act transparency obligations for GPAI models take effect

Countries
Hungary

Pre-committed constitutional amendment path fires: Magyar invokes general-framework removal of Orban-era-installed Sulyok.

5050.2+0.2INT +0.05

Next signal: — RRF milestone implementation deadline — EC enforcement mechanism; amendment completion and actual Sulyok removal expected within ~1 month

2.3 above Critical
Countries
Democratic Republic of Congo

NATURAL-DISASTER-OVERLAY ruling: Bundibugyo Ebola (282 cases, 42 deaths, no vaccine) is an exogenous shock, not a new state act.

2.32.3SYS 0.00
2.5 above Critical
Countries
Iran

SCALE-FLOOR-RULING re-affirmed; partial internet restoration (May 25, ~40% traffic) is reactive, not an improvement signal.

2.52.5BND 0.00
0.6 above Critical
Fortune 500
Oracle Corporation

WARN window open; reclassification-as-WARN-avoidance theory documented as candidate, held for adjudication.

20.620.6ACC 0.00
Boundary

Next signal: — WARN Act last-working-day window closes; NJ state WARN 90-day proceedings continue

1.7 above Critical
Countries
India

Data-hygiene correction: scanner '2026 expulsions' maps to 2025 HRW figure; pattern continuation, no new dated act.

22.722.7EQU 0.00
Countries
Israel

AUTHORIZED-RESUMPTION-WITH-SYSTEMATIC-DENIAL re-affirmed: aid down 37% Q1 2026; 25 NGOs denied permits; ceasefire does not constitute improvement.

00ACT 0.00
Countries
Sudan

Floor confirmed: famine in El Fasher and Kadugli; 33.7M in need; lean season begins June with 2026 plan 16.2% funded.

00EMP 0.00
Countries
Afghanistan

GENDER-APARTHEID-FORMAL-RECOGNITION re-affirmed (Tier-1 floor, formalized May 29); no new dated act beyond priced Jan–April 2026 evidence.

00EQU 0.00
Countries
Myanmar

Floor confirmed: 982 civilian airstrike deaths in 2025 (+53% YoY); Iran-linked jet-fuel ghost-ships document ongoing supply chain.

00BND 0.00
Countries
Haiti

Mixed signal nets neutral: 1,243 drone-op civilian deaths vs incoming UN Gang Suppression Force; prospective capacity not yet creditable.

4.74.7ACT 0.00
Countries
Bolivia

Fifth week of strike within same event window as May 28 downgrade; reassess-on-resolution trigger not fired.

28.428.4ACC 0.00
Countries
Turkey

Carry-forward post-May 29 downgrade; Erdogan snap-election analysis is continuation commentary, not a new dated act.

10.310.3BND 0.00
Countries
Venezuela

Release-and-detain churn: 621 released vs 87 new detentions and 500+ still held; amnesty bill lacks accountability mechanisms.

1818BND 0.00
Fortune 500
Amazon

NLRB JFK8 bargaining order is prior window; Amazon federal-court challenge is litigation posture continuation, not a new act.

12.812.8ACC 0.00
0.6 below Established
Fortune 500
Xcel Energy

Rotation confirm; EQU 2.5 energy-burden affordability is the structural laggard at the Functional/Established boundary.

59.459.4EQU 0.00
Boundary
0.6 below Established
Fortune 500
Watts Water Technologies

Rotation confirm; EQU 2.5 laggard consistent with Xcel Energy boundary-cluster profile.

59.459.4EQU 0.00
Boundary
0.6 above Functional
Fortune 500
General Motors

Rotation confirm; tech-layoff sector alert does not directly implicate GM; 0.6pt above Developing/Functional boundary.

40.640.6EMP 0.00
Boundary
Fortune 500
AT&T

Rotation confirm; uniform 2.5 dimensional profile unchanged.

37.537.5EMP 0.00
0.9 below Functional
Fortune 500
Caterpillar

Rotation confirm; EQU 2.0 laggard; 0.9pt below Developing/Functional boundary alongside GM.

39.139.1EQU 0.00
Boundary

Risk signals

Developments that may affect future scores. Watch items from the May 30 briefing.

Risk

DRC Bundibugyo Ebola continues to accelerate with no approved vaccine, 282 confirmed cases, and aid-cut pressure on response capacity.

Risk

Oracle's WARN adjudication window closes June 15; any resolution finding on the remote-reclassification theory constitutes a scored trigger at 0.6pt above the Critical boundary.

Risk

Hungary's constitutional amendment process (~1 month) opens a Venice Commission adverse-opinion risk window.

Risk

Military-AI-by-contract governance: DeepMind/Google and OpenAI accumulate parallel signals in the DoD agreement category without an operationalized scoring rule.

Risk

Sudan lean season begins June with humanitarian response at 16.2% of the 2026 plan; compound risk with DRC Ebola in the same watchlist cycle.

Risk

EU AI Act transparency obligations (August 2, 2026) remain active for GPAI models despite the high-risk rule delay to December 2027.

Floor designations

·8 entities at composite 0 with documented evidence pattern

Composite scores resolving at zero — methodology disclosure

These entities have all 8 dimensions resolving at the lowest behavioral anchor (1.0/5.0) across multiple assessment cycles. Read the methodology.

Ai Labs

Character AI

Floor
BNDACCEMPINT

Ai Labs

Palantir AI

Floor
AWREMPACCEQUINT

Ai Labs

xAI/Grok

Floor
AWREMPACCINT

Countries

Israel

Floor
AWREMPEQUBNDACCINT

Countries

Myanmar

Floor
AWREMPEQUBNDACCINT

Countries

South Sudan

Floor
AWRACTEQUACCSYSINT

Countries

Sudan

Floor
AWRACTEQUBNDACCINT

Robotics Labs

Ghost Robotics

Floor
BNDACCINT
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