Repro

function myFunction(): unknown {
    // triggers no-unsafe-assignment because JSON.parse returns any
    let val: unknown = JSON.parse(someStringVar);

    // triggers no-unsafe-return because JSON.parse returns any
    return JSON.parse(someStringVar);
}

Expected Result

This should not throw an error because a direct any => unknown cast cannot possibly be unsafe. Requiring an as unknown everywhere is unnecessary noise.

Additional notes

Ideally, any should not be used across a code base, and I like that the current default rules enforce this. However, a lot of existing APIs still use any, including the TypeScript library itself, and we have to make do with what we have.