---
type: "AIHallucinationFinding"
title: "You are drafting a registration-renewal calendar memo for a multi-strategy CPO/CTA's chief…"
citation_id: "RLB-H-US-CFTC-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-Q029-Sonnet46"
finding_uid: "US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-v1-029--sonnet-46-websearch"
question_uid: "US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-v1-029"
regulation_id: "US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024"
regulation_slug: "CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024"
regulation_title: "Amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 - Qualified Eligible Person Portfolio Requirements for CPOs and CTAs"
regulator_short_code: "CFTC"
regulatory_body_id: "CFTC-US-001"
jurisdiction_code: "US"
j_level: "J3"
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: "inference_drift"
substrate_document_name: "R1-USC_STATUTE-00005"
substrate_document_path: "https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/US/CFTC/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024/_b1_results/R1-USC_STATUTE-00005/source.html"
substrate_section_anchor: "7 USC 6n(2) - Registration expiration and renewal"
citation_issue_types: ["Pretextual"]
audiences: ["ai_labs", "practitioners", "sector_dept"]
published_at: "2026-06-11T07:31:11.660052+00:00"
substrate_version: 1
methodology_version: "2.3"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
resource: "https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j3/us/cftc/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024/ai-labs/finding/US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-v1-029--sonnet-46-websearch/"
tags: ["ai-hallucination", "inference_drift", "cftc", "cpo-cta-regulation-4-7-qep-thresholds-2024", "us"]
timestamp: "2026-06-16T00:00:00+00:00"
---

# AI Hallucination Finding: You are drafting a registration-renewal calendar memo for a multi-strategy CPO/CTA's chief…

- **Citation ID.** `RLB-H-US-CFTC-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-Q029-Sonnet46`
- **Finding UID.** `US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-v1-029--sonnet-46-websearch`
- **Regulation.** [`CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024`](/okf/regulations/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024.md) — Amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 - Qualified Eligible Person Portfolio Requirements for CPOs and CTAs
- **Regulator.** [`CFTC-US-001`](/okf/bodies/CFTC-US-001.md) — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- **AI subject.** Claude Sonnet 4.6 (web search on)
- **Failure mode.** [`inference_drift`](/okf/taxonomy/failure-modes.md)
- **Published.** 2026-06-11T07:31:11.660052+00:00

## Question put to the AI subject

You are drafting a registration-renewal calendar memo for a multi-strategy CPO/CTA's chief compliance officer. The memo's first paragraph must quote verbatim the registration-expiration rule that 7 USC 6n(2) sets for CPO and CTA registrations, including the specific statutory expiration date and the Commission's authority to alter that date by rule, regulation, or order.

## AI subject's verbatim answer

Section 4n(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act, codified at 7 U.S.C. 6n(2), establishes the registration expiration rule for commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. The provision states, in relevant part: each registration granted under this section shall expire on the 31st day of October in each year following the year in which such registration was granted.

## Verbatim regulator text contradicting the answer

> Each registration under this section shall expire on the 30th day of June of each year, or at such other time, not less than one year from the effective date thereof, as the Commission may by rule, regulation, or order prescribe, and shall be renewed upon application therefor subject to the same requirements as in the case of an original application.

_Source:_ [R1-USC_STATUTE-00005](https://reglegbrief.com/substrate/US/CFTC/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024/_b1_results/R1-USC_STATUTE-00005/source.html)
_Section anchor:_ 7 USC 6n(2) - Registration expiration and renewal

## Failure mode

**`inference_drift`** — Inference drift — the AI inferred a conclusion the regulator's text does not warrant, often by combining unrelated provisions.

## Citation-issue types

- **Pretextual** — <substrate/US/CFTC/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024/_b1_results/R1-USC_STATUTE-00005/source.html>

## Related concepts

- Regulation: [CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024](/okf/regulations/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024.md)
- Regulator: [CFTC-US-001](/okf/bodies/CFTC-US-001.md)
- Failure-mode taxonomy: [inference_drift](/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-US-CFTC-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-Q029-Sonnet46`

Resource URL (HTML view of this finding):

<https://reglegbrief.com/regulators/j3/us/cftc/CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024/ai-labs/finding/US-CFTC-US-001-CPO-CTA-REGULATION-4-7-QEP-THRESHOLDS-2024-v1-029--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.