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Readiness verdict

NIST Aluminum-Ion Quantum-Logic Clock

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Emerging

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
60% · stale
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:53:30.446685+00:00
Claimed
35

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
29

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
25

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+10

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Too early to adopt

Why
World-record laboratory metrology with no deployable form. It sets the upper bound for timing science but is not a substrate any commerce/identity platform can use.
Next
Track NIST/BIPM progress toward the redefinition of the SI second (~2030 target); no integration action.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
9
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
3
Tier 3
6
Supports
2
Contradicts
5
Context
2
Latest observed
2025-07-14

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-07-19 Reading moved from emerging to emerging.

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