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The finding is the withdrawal of a self-serve free tier behind an access request, which is why the verdict is fails-identity rather than dead: Hume sells and its evaluation product is live, but the API needs an approved conversation. Data point worth carrying: the site's own benchmark page labels one model view 'Illustrative, not real data', so the leaderboard numbers on the new home page are not measurements.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"refutation","free_tier_kind":"application-gated","shape":{"vcpu":null,"ram_gib":null,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":0}}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":15.0,"unit":"requests","per":"minute","currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.detail","process"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}]}