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A reusable continuity bridge would solve a repeated, high-stakes problem with a visible finish: access continues, or an accountable human gives a reason and appeal route.", "why2031Not2026": "Services can make manual exceptions today, but they are usually isolated calls and forms. 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A no-material-collision-found verdict means only that this bounded search did not reveal a material exact-name use in the returned results.", "closestMatches": [ { "title": "Transaction Commands and Macros | Catchpoint", "url": "https://docs.catchpoint.com/docs/transaction-commands-and-macros", "reason": "Catchpoint documents openWhile as a command inside its monitoring software, not as the name of an app, software product, technology company or digital service." } ] }, "evidenceReferences": [ { "kind": "claim", "id": "source-claim-05f8efd8bb74797257ac", "statement": "Korea described a public-private AI Highway plan with more than 50,000 GPUs, a national computing centre outside the Seoul region, preference for renewable or carbon-free energy and fast-track power-system assessment.", "limitations": "Most capacity numbers are planned procurement or construction, not delivered service. A public-private centre does not imply unrestricted person-level access. 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