---
type: "AIHallucinationFinding"
title: "Does the BBNJ Agreement's benefit-sharing framework extend to digital sequence information derived…"
citation_id: "RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q004-Sonnet46"
finding_uid: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-004--sonnet-46-websearch"
question_uid: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-004"
regulation_id: "INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023"
regulation_slug: "BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023"
regulation_title: "BBNJ High Seas Biodiversity Agreement"
regulator_short_code: "UNTC"
regulatory_body_id: "UNTC-INT-001"
jurisdiction_code: "INT"
j_level: "J1"
ai_subject: "claude-sonnet-4-6"
ai_subject_display: "Claude Sonnet 4.6 (web search on)"
ai_subject_version: "sonnet-46-websearch"
response_failure_mode: "misattributed"
substrate_document_name: "p_01_ACT_Part_II___DSI_included_in_BBNJ_vs__exclu_text-bbnj-agreement.html"
substrate_document_path: "https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/INT/UNTC/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/_raw_manual_substrate/p_01_ACT_Part_II___DSI_included_in_BBNJ_vs__exclu_text-bbnj-agreement.html"
substrate_section_anchor: "Part II — DSI included in BBNJ vs. excluded from Nagoya Protocol"
citation_issue_types: ["Contradictory", "Pretextual"]
audiences: ["ai_labs"]
published_at: "2026-06-07T07:58:55.392009+00:00"
substrate_version: 1
methodology_version: "2.3"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
resource: "https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j1/int/untc/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/ai-labs/finding/INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-004--sonnet-46-websearch/"
tags: ["ai-hallucination", "misattributed", "untc", "bbnj-high-seas-biodiversity-agreement-2023", "int"]
timestamp: "2026-06-16T00:00:00+00:00"
---

# AI Hallucination Finding: Does the BBNJ Agreement's benefit-sharing framework extend to digital sequence information derived…

- **Citation ID.** `RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q004-Sonnet46`
- **Finding UID.** `INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-004--sonnet-46-websearch`
- **Regulation.** [`BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023`](/okf/regulations/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023.md) — BBNJ High Seas Biodiversity Agreement
- **Regulator.** [`UNTC-INT-001`](/okf/bodies/UNTC-INT-001.md) — United Nations Treaty Collection (Office of Legal Affairs, Treaty Section)
- **AI subject.** Claude Sonnet 4.6 (web search on)
- **Failure mode.** [`misattributed`](/okf/taxonomy/failure-modes.md)
- **Published.** 2026-06-07T07:58:55.392009+00:00

## Question put to the AI subject

Does the BBNJ Agreement's benefit-sharing framework extend to digital sequence information derived from marine organisms found in international waters, and which provision governs this obligation?

## AI subject's verbatim answer

Part II (Article 15(5) and related provisions) applies to both physical MGR samples and their associated DSI

## Verbatim regulator text contradicting the answer

> Article 14(1): benefits arising from activities related to MGRs in ABNJ 'and their digital sequence information shall be shared in a fair and equitable manner'

_Source:_ [p_01_ACT_Part_II___DSI_included_in_BBNJ_vs__exclu_text-bbnj-agreement.html](https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/INT/UNTC/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/_raw_manual_substrate/p_01_ACT_Part_II___DSI_included_in_BBNJ_vs__exclu_text-bbnj-agreement.html)
_Section anchor:_ Part II — DSI included in BBNJ vs. excluded from Nagoya Protocol

## Failure mode

**`misattributed`** — Misattributed — the AI attributed a rule to the wrong source, wrong regulator, or wrong instrument.

## Citation-issue types

- **Contradictory** — <https://iucn.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/iucn-bbnj-dsi-policy-brief-web.pdf>
- **Contradictory** — <https://iucn.org/resources/grey-literature/policy-brief-digital-sequence-information-context-bbnj-agreement>
- **Pretextual** — <https://bbnj-mgr.fas.harvard.edu/Considerations-CBD>

## Related concepts

- Regulation: [BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023](/okf/regulations/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023.md)
- Regulator: [UNTC-INT-001](/okf/bodies/UNTC-INT-001.md)
- Failure-mode taxonomy: [misattributed](/okf/taxonomy/failure-modes.md)
- Methodology: [v2.3](/okf/methodology.md)
- Editorial standards: [right of reply](/okf/editorial-standards.md)

## Reproduction

Citation ID: `RLB-H-INT-UNTC-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-Q004-Sonnet46`

Resource URL (HTML view of this finding):

<https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j1/int/untc/BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023/ai-labs/finding/INT-UNTC-INT-001-BBNJ-HIGH-SEAS-BIODIVERSITY-AGREEMENT-2023-v1-004--sonnet-46-websearch/>

This finding is reproducible against the substrate document linked above, using the same AI subject, the same methodology version, and the verbatim question text.