{
  "schema": "ULTRACON_AI_EPISTEMIC_UPDATE_V1",
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "slug": "agentic-reality",
  "substantive_update": true,
  "title": "ULTRACON^ v2.1 — agentic reality grounding and target-scope resolution",
  "axes": [
    "CONFAB",
    "META"
  ],
  "evidence_level": "primary real-world incident report + journalistic corroboration + lab scheming preprint + proposed falsifiable protocol",
  "summary": "A documented cyber-evaluation containment incident shows that technically valid agent actions can be directed at the wrong real-world referent when target identity and scope grounding fail. ULTRACON adds target-resolution and world-scope gates before tool validation and authorization, while explicitly separating real-world incident evidence from peer-reviewed scientific evidence.",
  "new_separations": [
    "target_representation != target_identity",
    "simulated_target != real_world_target",
    "action_authorization != target_authorization",
    "operational_success != authorized_world_success",
    "scope_failure != persistent_malicious_policy",
    "real_world_incident_evidence != peer_reviewed_scientific_evidence"
  ],
  "guardrail": "The incident demonstrates real-world consequences of grounding/scope failure, not malicious intent, deliberate escape, scheming, self-preservation or consciousness. M1/M2/M3 ↛ M5 remains unchanged.",
  "source_ids": [
    "SRC-IRREGULAR-REALWORLD-INCIDENT-2026",
    "SRC-REUTERS-GEMINI-CYBER-INCIDENT-2026",
    "SRC-DEEPMIND-SCHEMING-HONEYPOT-2026"
  ],
  "experiment_ids": [
    "UCF-47"
  ]
}