Five records, bounded observation points
A scope matrix separates legal process, OpenAI's company report, Hugging Face host telemetry, the METR and Redwood investigation, and vendor remediation. Concise visual labels map to fuller source and engagement boundaries in the evidence notes.
The five evidence lanes answer different questions and carry different access, support, editorial-control, payment, and attribution boundaries.
| Row | Column | Record | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | HF telemetry | Host systems | Verified |
| Access | METR + Redwood | Host-controlled access | Caution |
| Access | Legal process | Compulsory requests | Caution |
| Access | OpenAI report | First-party systems | Caution |
| Access | Vendor record | Published records | Caution |
| Collection | HF telemetry | Host logs + forensics | Verified |
| Collection | METR + Redwood | Supplied datasets | Caution |
| Collection | Legal process | Official legal records | Caution |
| Collection | OpenAI report | Internal investigation | Caution |
| Collection | Vendor record | Vendor publications | Caution |
| Known gap | HF telemetry | Incomplete recovery | Caution |
| Known gap | METR + Redwood | No direct system query | Caution |
| Known gap | Legal process | No adjudication | Caution |
| Known gap | OpenAI report | No independent replication | Caution |
| Known gap | Vendor record | No deployment proof | Caution |
| Host control | HF telemetry | Host controls records | Verified |
| Host control | METR + Redwood | OpenAI redaction + edits | Caution |
| Host control | Legal process | Public records only | Caution |
| Host control | OpenAI report | Source + host party | Caution |
| Host control | Vendor record | Published records | Caution |
| Inference | HF telemetry | Host motive account | Caution |
| Inference | METR + Redwood | Behavioral analysis | Caution |
| Inference | Legal process | Allegations only | Caution |
| Inference | OpenAI report | First-party account | Caution |
| Inference | Vendor record | None inferred | Unavailable or historical |
| Observation | HF telemetry | Recovered host activity | Verified |
| Observation | METR + Redwood | Supplied-data patterns | Caution |
| Observation | Legal process | Process + deadline | Verified |
| Observation | OpenAI report | Activity + response | Caution |
| Observation | Vendor record | Published remediation | Caution |
| Payment | HF telemetry | Not applicable | Unavailable or historical |
| Payment | METR + Redwood | METR: no OpenAI payment | Caution |
| Payment | Legal process | Not applicable | Unavailable or historical |
| Payment | OpenAI report | No payment by report | Caution |
| Payment | Vendor record | Not applicable | Unavailable or historical |
| Period | HF telemetry | Jul 9 to Jul 13 | Verified |
| Period | METR + Redwood | Jun 26 to Jul 13 | Caution |
| Period | Legal process | Aug 20 to Sep 14 | Caution |
| Period | OpenAI report | May 8 to Aug 26 | Caution |
| Period | Vendor record | Jul 27 to Aug 25 | Caution |
| Research support | HF telemetry | None stated | Unavailable or historical |
| Research support | METR + Redwood | ≈$400k free API credits | Caution |
| Research support | Legal process | None stated | Unavailable or historical |
| Research support | OpenAI report | API-credit provider | Caution |
| Research support | Vendor record | None stated | Unavailable or historical |
| Unit | HF telemetry | Actions + assets | Verified |
| Unit | METR + Redwood | Agents + records | Caution |
| Unit | Legal process | 16 record requests | Caution |
| Unit | OpenAI report | Systems + controls | Caution |
| Unit | Vendor record | Advisories + fixes | Caution |
- Sources
- Retrieved
- Units
- qualitative scope fields
- Transformations
- Keep named units inside their source cells and do not aggregate across columns.
- METR + Redwood is the joint investigation; the Redwood URL is a mirror of that report, not a second corroborating investigation.
- Preserve each source lane's terminology and attribution without assigning a score.
- Render every missing or bounded detail as an explicit gap rather than an inferred absence.
- The visual label ≈$400k free API credits means approximately $400,000 in free GPT-5.6 Sol credits and raised rate limits supplied for analysis; it does not mean cash payment.
- The visual label METR: no OpenAI payment means METR reports that it did not take payment from OpenAI.
- The visual label OpenAI redaction + edits means OpenAI could redact non-public information and supplied additional feedback that led to edits in structure, emphasis, clarity, and tone.
- Uncertainty
- Cells use short visual labels so every term remains legible. The source-linked evidence notes preserve the full engagement meanings. Source access and publication dates differ, and MR-2 mirrors the joint report rather than adding another investigation.
- What this figure does not prove
- The matrix does not rank credibility, merge incompatible units, resolve disputed interpretations, or convert allegations into findings.