1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:07,479 Anointed Connect Academy Laboratory is entering a deliberate six-month testing and validation phase 2 00:00:07,479 --> 00:00:11,397 from September 2026 through February 2027. 3 00:00:12,557 --> 00:00:19,885 During this period, we are not accepting client inquiries or beginning external client engagements. 4 00:00:22,125 --> 00:00:28,045 Our priority is to test the laboratory, strengthen its governance, document what works and what does 5 00:00:28,045 --> 00:00:31,069 not, and allow the evidence to guide the next stage. 6 00:00:32,229 --> 00:00:35,679 At the same time, the laboratory is open for scholarship. 7 00:00:37,919 --> 00:00:45,279 We invite scholars, educators, researchers, and graduate students to follow the work and engage with its developing 8 00:00:45,279 --> 00:00:46,317 research questions. 9 00:00:47,517 --> 00:00:52,660 The reason for this testing period is simple: evidence comes before expansion. 10 00:00:54,980 --> 00:01:01,700 We do not want to build a public-facing educational or research environment and then discover that its 11 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:04,447 governance was never adequately tested. 12 00:01:06,607 --> 00:01:13,487 During these six months, we will validate the technical workflow, privacy boundaries, human-review process, 13 00:01:13,487 --> 00:01:16,292 evidence classifications, and research gates. 14 00:01:18,452 --> 00:01:20,556 Failures are part of that process. 15 00:01:22,556 --> 00:01:27,723 We intend to preserve them, correct them, retest them, and document what we learned. 16 00:01:28,923 --> 00:01:34,809 The public testing window runs from September 2026 through February 2027. 17 00:01:37,049 --> 00:01:44,489 The sequence shown here is directional rather than a promise that every research component will be completed 18 00:01:44,489 --> 00:01:45,795 in a particular month. 19 00:01:47,955 --> 00:01:54,157 The important boundary is that external activity in 2027 will depend on documented readiness. 20 00:01:56,317 --> 00:02:01,126 Reaching January or February does not automatically authorize client intake. 21 00:02:03,366 --> 00:02:07,097 The evidence and governance record will determine that decision. 22 00:02:08,538 --> 00:02:15,589 During this phase, the laboratory is not taking client inquiries, implementation requests, or external engagements. 23 00:02:17,909 --> 00:02:20,149 That boundary is intentional. 24 00:02:20,149 --> 00:02:25,007 It gives us room to test without allowing growth pressure to outrun governance. 25 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:34,767 When external activity is considered in 2027, it will follow a separate readiness decision and whatever 26 00:02:34,767 --> 00:02:37,282 intake standards are appropriate at that time. 27 00:02:38,802 --> 00:02:42,638 Open for Scholarship means something different from open for clients. 28 00:02:43,878 --> 00:02:47,144 We welcome serious scholarly attention to the laboratory. 29 00:02:49,384 --> 00:02:55,704 Researchers can follow the architecture, question our assumptions, identify methodological problems, 30 00:02:55,704 --> 00:03:00,673 compare the model with existing literature, and examine emerging evidence. 31 00:03:01,913 --> 00:03:07,833 Where future collaboration becomes appropriate, it must still follow the laboratory's governance, privacy, 32 00:03:07,833 --> 00:03:09,997 and research authorization requirements. 33 00:03:11,997 --> 00:03:17,640 Open scholarship is not unrestricted access to learner records or private educational data. 34 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,822 These are examples of the scholarship the laboratory can support. 35 00:03:25,142 --> 00:03:33,382 Faithful Intelligence asks whether ethical governance can be operationalized in human-AI systems. 36 00:03:33,382 --> 00:03:38,998 Evidence governance asks how observations become claims and where that transition should stop. 37 00:03:41,238 --> 00:03:47,279 Privacy research examines the boundary between educational support and systematic research. 38 00:03:49,439 --> 00:03:56,163 Algorithmic safety examines what happens when AI systems infer more than the evidence supports. 39 00:03:58,163 --> 00:04:03,923 These are research questions and developing lanes, not claims that the laboratory has already solved 40 00:04:03,923 --> 00:04:04,166 them. 41 00:04:05,606 --> 00:04:12,564 We encourage anyone interested in this work to visit the ACA-LAB site and follow the progress. 42 00:04:14,564 --> 00:04:19,359 The goal is not to present a finished product before the evidence exists. 43 00:04:19,669 --> 00:04:26,149 The goal is to make the development process increasingly visible: what we test, what fails, what changes, what 44 00:04:26,149 --> 00:04:29,702 governance decisions are made, and what research questions emerge. 45 00:04:31,702 --> 00:04:38,102 Scholars are especially encouraged to examine and challenge the work rather than simply accept our interpretation 46 00:04:38,102 --> 00:04:38,506 of it. 47 00:04:39,707 --> 00:04:47,056 For the next six months, ACA-LAB will remain focused on testing, governance, evidence, and scholarly development. 48 00:04:49,296 --> 00:04:54,431 We will not accept client inquiries or external engagements during this phase. 49 00:04:56,431 --> 00:05:03,231 We do invite scholars, educators, researchers, and interested observers to follow the laboratory, examine 50 00:05:03,231 --> 00:05:05,464 the evidence, and watch the architecture develop. 51 00:05:07,464 --> 00:05:13,710 Our governing principle is straightforward: evidence before claims, and governance before expansion.