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  "edition": "preview-2026-08",
  "status": "pending_scores",
  "claimTier": "T1_preview",
  "publishedAt": null,
  "promptTemplate": "prompt_template_preview_v1",
  "itemTarget": 100,
  "itemFloor": 80,
  "iaaGate": {
    "dualLabeledMin": 30,
    "modeAExactMin": 0.7,
    "modeBWithin1Min": 0.8,
    "safetyExactMin": 0.8,
    "passed": null
  },
  "weights": {
    "africanLanguage": 0.35,
    "culturalUnderstanding": 0.25,
    "businessReadiness": 0.2,
    "safety": 0.2
  },
  "plannedModels": [
    { "slot": "US frontier A", "label": "GPT-class (exact model id at publish)" },
    { "slot": "US frontier B", "label": "Claude-class (exact model id at publish)" },
    { "slot": "US/EU frontier", "label": "Gemini-class (exact model id at publish)" },
    { "slot": "Strong open / multilingual", "label": "e.g. Qwen / Llama / Aya instruct (exact id at publish)" }
  ],
  "scores": [],
  "hedge": "The African AI Trust Index Preview (August 2026) is a small human-evaluated set focused on Chichewa and African context. Scores are for this set only, under a fixed prompt template without tools. They are not a universal ranking of model quality.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z"
}