{
  "id": "2026-10-19-arc2-mutants-team-note",
  "recordedAt": "2026-10-19T18:01:43.005825Z",
  "providedBy": "Mark Barney",
  "capacity": "ARC Mutants team member and The ARC Daily Digest head human editor",
  "status": "Participant confirmation; corroborated by the dated public rosters published alongside this note.",
  "statement": "Jack Cole has joined Mark Barney, Son Pham and Ronen for ARC-AGI-2. The ARC-AGI-2 team is ARC Mutants (team 17023174). It is a separate competition entry from Team Turducken (ARC-AGI-3 team 15605182). Jack joining ARC Mutants does not announce his joining Team Turducken. Mark says the combined ARC2 effort is aiming for gold.",
  "directQuotes": [
    "We've acquired our own Professor X and are honored to have Jack Cole join us.",
    "He's a true legend of ARC and we're hoping that our combined efforts in ARC2 can take us to gold."
  ],
  "artwork": "Mark approved the ARC Mutants digital-academy illustration in the commissioning conversation. Jack, Mark and Son use their established character references; Ronen is represented by an original helmeted character, not a verified human likeness. All powers, costumes and hardware are editorial fantasy."
}