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Evidence (4892 claims)

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Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 870 233 116 1066 2363
Governance & Regulation 976 451 218 133 1809
Organizational Efficiency 949 224 144 88 1416
Technology Adoption Rate 764 287 141 122 1325
Research Productivity 501 152 74 362 1101
Output Quality 542 216 69 69 896
Decision Quality 387 198 94 54 740
Firm Productivity 513 67 101 27 714
AI Safety & Ethics 249 303 73 36 667
Market Structure 190 192 134 27 548
Task Allocation 243 77 91 36 452
Innovation Output 291 33 55 20 401
Skill Acquisition 206 72 65 21 364
Employment Level 133 63 115 22 335
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 153 79 52 32 323
Task Completion Time 206 37 12 15 272
Firm Revenue 179 52 29 5 266
Consumer Welfare 130 76 47 13 266
Inequality Measures 48 137 51 6 242
Worker Satisfaction 101 81 25 13 220
Error Rate 84 110 11 5 210
Wages & Compensation 98 47 30 10 185
Regulatory Compliance 88 73 17 7 185
Automation Exposure 66 64 33 16 182
Team Performance 105 29 30 11 176
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 114 21 14 8 158
Job Displacement 12 90 24 1 127
Hiring & Recruitment 57 9 9 5 80
Skill Obsolescence 6 56 9 1 72
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 21 17 1 57
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
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Exploits and proofs of concept remain important, but in defender workflows they primarily prove impact, guide prioritization, and justify remediation rather than serving the same role they did in high-end offensive workflows.
Conceptual argument grounded in collaboration data and public examples (Anthropic Mythos Preview and Mozilla Firefox collaborations cited); no numerical sample size provided in the abstract.
high mixed Demystifying the Mythos or Disrupting Bugonomics? From Zero-... role of exploits/PoCs in remediation/prioritization decisions
Drawing on the partial equilibrium model of Gries and Naudé (2022), existing economic frameworks may inadvertently overlook these factors.
The paper's theoretical critique referencing Gries & Naudé (2022); argument is based on model comparison and conceptual analysis rather than new empirical tests.
high mixed Position: Adopting AI in Practice Does Not Guarantee the Pro... completeness of economic models/frameworks in capturing moderating factors
We identify five key moderating factors: human resource composition, baseline capability of individuals, learning curve of practitioners, incentives for fair use, and flexibility of objectives.
Explicit enumeration of proposed moderating factors in the paper (conceptual identification rather than empirical measurement).
high mixed Position: Adopting AI in Practice Does Not Guarantee the Pro... organizational determinants that moderate AI effectiveness
Following the advent of high-performance generative models, AI use has been rapidly encouraged in some sectors while being restricted in others.
Descriptive claim in the paper's introduction/abstract; based on observation and literature context rather than new empirical data.
high mixed Position: Adopting AI in Practice Does Not Guarantee the Pro... relative uptake/restriction of AI across sectors
AI redefines job roles.
Authors' thematic analysis of secondary sources and peer-reviewed literature (qualitative synthesis). No sample size reported.
high mixed Human–AI Collaboration in the Indian IT Industry: A Qualitat... job role definitions / task allocation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed how people work across various fields and businesses, especially in the Indian Information Technology (IT) industry.
Authors' qualitative synthesis of peer-reviewed literature and thematic evaluation of secondary data (literature review). No sample size reported.
high mixed Human–AI Collaboration in the Indian IT Industry: A Qualitat... nature of work / how people work
Recent Chinese regulatory initiatives addressing anthropomorphic and emotionally interactive AI services illustrate emerging governmental responses to the social and psychological risks associated with relational AI.
Cited as an illustrative example in the recommendations; the text references Chinese initiatives but does not provide specific citations, legal texts, or empirical evaluation within the document.
high mixed Governing Relational AI: China’s Regulation of Anthropomorph... existence of Chinese regulatory initiatives targeting anthropomorphic/emotionall...
Regulatory approaches to advanced AI systems are evolving differently across major jurisdictions.
General observation in the recommendations; no cross-jurisdictional comparative analysis or dataset provided in the text.
high mixed Governing Relational AI: China’s Regulation of Anthropomorph... divergence in regulatory approaches across jurisdictions
Widely used conversational systems increasingly function as interfaces through which users access information, digital services, and online markets.
Descriptive claim presented in the recommendations; no quantitative metrics (e.g., usage statistics, market share) or empirical study cited in the text.
high mixed Governing Relational AI: China’s Regulation of Anthropomorph... role of conversational systems as user interfaces to information, services, and ...
Conversational AI evolves into systems capable of shaping users’ emotions, behaviour, and social engagement.
Stated as a descriptive premise in the policy recommendations; no empirical study, sample size, or quantitative data provided in the text.
high mixed Governing Relational AI: China’s Regulation of Anthropomorph... capacity of conversational AI to shape users' emotions, behaviour, and social en...
Algorithmic authority may both strengthen and undermine legitimacy of decisions in AI-enabled organizations.
Theoretical analysis in the paper presenting dual possibilities for algorithmic authority's impact on legitimacy, supported by conceptual reasoning and literature (no empirical test reported).
high mixed Decision Legitimacy in AI-Enabled Organizations: A Multileve... decision legitimacy (increase or decrease) as influenced by algorithmic authorit...
The capability-level theory explains when digital modularization extends to organizational disaggregation and when accountability keeps capabilities integrated.
Author claim about the explanatory scope of the developed theory; supported by conceptual argumentation and illustrative examples across several domains rather than empirical tests.
high mixed Redrawing the AI Map: A Theory of Accountability Boundaries ... extension of digital modularization to organizational disaggregation versus rete...
Seven propositions link agentic assembly-cost reductions, accountability assets, appropriability, orchestrator intent capture, and boundary misconfiguration to boundary strategy, value appropriation, and rule debt.
Theoretical development consisting of seven formal propositions in the paper; propositions are reasoned and illustrated but not empirically validated.
high mixed Redrawing the AI Map: A Theory of Accountability Boundaries ... relationships among assembly-cost reductions, accountability assets, appropriabi...
Verification cost and responsibility transferability determine whether the execution and accountability boundaries can move together.
Propositional/theoretical argument within the capability-level theory; supported by conceptual reasoning and illustrative cases, not by empirical estimation.
high mixed Redrawing the AI Map: A Theory of Accountability Boundaries ... co-movement of execution and accountability boundaries
Labor-market adjustment to generative AI is a process of organizational reconfiguration, in which firms reshape both hiring demand and the task architecture of work.
Synthesis/conclusion drawn from the paper's empirical findings (decomposition results, heterogeneity analyses).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand organizational reconfiguration (hiring demand and task architecture)
Adjustment to generative AI differs across the job ladder: senior jobs adjust earlier and mainly through reallocation, whereas junior jobs adjust through a broader mix of reallocation, redesign, and their interaction.
Heterogeneity analysis by job seniority reported in the paper (timing and margin composition of adjustment by seniority).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand mechanism of adjustment (reallocation vs redesign) by job seniority
Generative AI exposure is dynamic rather than fixed, changing substantially over time.
Empirical application of the dynamic posting-level exposure measure to the nationwide job-postings data showing substantial temporal change (as stated in the paper's findings).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand generative AI exposure over time
The authors construct a dynamic, posting-level measure of generative AI exposure using a two-stage large language model pipeline that identifies tasks in each posting and classifies the extent to which generative AI can perform or assist them.
Paper methodology description: two-stage LLM pipeline to identify tasks and classify generative AI perform/assist capacity at the posting level.
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand generative AI exposure (posting-level measure)
The study uses a nationwide dataset of job postings in the United States covering all sectors of the economy.
Paper statement: 'Using a nationwide dataset of job postings in the United States, covering all sectors of the economy.' (dataset description)
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand coverage of job postings dataset
Managerial traits, such as risk tolerance and patience, play a role in shaping firms' AI adoption decisions.
Inclusion of manager-level trait measures (risk tolerance, patience) in the ifo Business Survey and analysis showing associations between these traits and reported AI adoption.
high mixed AI adoption among German firms AI adoption decision (association with managerial traits)
Drivers and barriers to AI adoption include firm-specific characteristics and industry dynamics.
Survey-based analysis linking firm characteristics and industry-level factors to reported AI adoption decisions in the ifo Business Survey (likely correlational/regression analysis).
high mixed AI adoption among German firms AI adoption decision / reported barriers and drivers
AI adoption/diffusion varies across firm sizes.
Analysis of adoption patterns by firm size using ifo Business Survey firm-level responses (comparison across size categories).
high mixed AI adoption among German firms AI adoption rate by firm size category
AI is changing informal cultural practices like professional mentoring that are key to helping professionals settle in their positions, stay engaged with their work, and grow their careers.
Participant reports from the 24 interviews indicating changes to informal practices such as mentoring, onboarding, and informal feedback.
high mixed Beyond the Org Chart: AI and the Transformation of Invisible... informal mentoring / onboarding / career development practices
AI is changing formal role responsibilities and collaborations between those roles.
Qualitative interview data from 24 product-focused employees describing shifts in formal responsibilities and inter-role collaboration.
high mixed Beyond the Org Chart: AI and the Transformation of Invisible... formal role responsibilities and inter-role collaboration
AI adoption is allowing professionals to blur and extend the boundaries of their corporate roles.
Reported by interview participants (qualitative evidence) from the 24 interviews at one large technology firm.
high mixed Beyond the Org Chart: AI and the Transformation of Invisible... changes to role boundaries / role responsibilities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has caused massive changes in nature of workplaces in healthcare sector.
Asserted in paper's introduction and supported by a scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) of 29 peer-reviewed empirical studies published 2020–2025.
high mixed The influence of AI-Driven Employee Performance Management (... nature of workplaces in healthcare (workplace structure, roles, processes)
The results of fsQCA demonstrate how the combination and roles of strategic resources (e.g. AI capabilities and decision-making agility) shift in response to varying organizational and environmental conditions.
fsQCA configurational analysis reported in paper showing multiple causal pathways and differing configurations of AI capabilities, decision-making agility, and contextual conditions associated with performance; based on the same survey of 251 firms.
high mixed AI for decision-making: exploring the linkage from AI capabi... configurations (combinations) of resources associated with firm performance unde...
Environmental dynamism and complexity differently moderate the relationship between decision-making agility and firm performance.
Reported moderation analyses in the PLS-SEM results indicating interaction effects of environmental dynamism and environmental complexity on the decision-making agility → performance path; based on survey of 251 firms.
high mixed AI for decision-making: exploring the linkage from AI capabi... moderation of decision-making agility effect on firm performance by environmenta...
AI adoption correlates with more-recent digital infrastructure—cloud computing and predictive analytics—rather than legacy on-premises IT or descriptive analytics.
Correlational analysis using variables from the Census Bureau survey that measure presence of cloud computing, predictive analytics, on-premises IT, and descriptive analytics; sample derived from ~28,500 establishments.
high mixed The Adoption of Industrial AI in America association between AI adoption and types of digital infrastructure/analytics
Acceleration in the Generate/Take Action phase translates into durable performance only when Analyze/Prioritize is de-biased by individuals and teams, and Measure/Review converts results into reusable knowledge with appropriate inference discipline.
Thematic conclusions from the 17 interviews and cross-case analysis (Gioia methodology) identifying conditional relationships across stages of the seven-stage growth pipeline.
high mixed Reframing growth hacking in resilient startups: the role of ... durable performance of growth experiments / sustained improvement
GenAI enables small teams to expand capacity while creating new dependencies and coordination logics.
Empirical finding from 17 interviews indicating both expanded capacity and emergent dependencies/coordination needs.
high mixed From Prompt To Process: Qualitative Insights On How Genai Us... team capacity expansion and emergence of dependencies/coordination requirements
GenAI drives structural recomposition across four domains: shifting roles, AI-embedded workflows, evolving capability expectations, and leaner work architectures.
Empirical finding from thematic analysis of 17 expert interviews reported in the results.
high mixed From Prompt To Process: Qualitative Insights On How Genai Us... structural recomposition across roles, workflows, capability expectations, and w...
Interpretability, trust calibration, and interface design matter, but they cover only part of what determines whether human-AI combination works.
Authors' argumentative claim based on their analysis and mapping of broader factors; presented as an evaluative conclusion rather than an empirical estimate.
high mixed Addressing the Synergy Gap: The Six Elements of the Design S... completeness of current design foci relative to factors determining effective co...
Meta-analytic evidence shows moderate but heterogeneous effects of agentic/code-generation tools on productivity.
Reference to meta-analytic synthesis across studies reported in the paper (meta-analytic details not provided in abstract).
high mixed Agentic Agile-V: From Vibe Coding to Verified Engineering in... aggregate effect on productivity across studies
AI changes the traditional relationship between learning and performance: in AI-intensive environments, learning must be supported by systems that coordinate knowledge and build intelligence rather than relying on learning alone.
Authors' synthesis and interpretation of their cross-sectional mediation results (AIDLC → KO → OI → IP) and comparison with prior management models.
high mixed Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector interaction of AIDLC, KO and OI in producing performance
The study evaluates contemporary mitigation frameworks for algorithmic bias in HR settings.
Statement of the paper's evaluative aim; implies review/assessment of mitigation strategies but no specific methods or metrics provided in excerpt.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... effectiveness/characteristics of mitigation frameworks
The paper analyses three primary vectors of AI bias in hiring: data bias, interaction bias, and evaluation bias.
Stated analytic framework in the paper (categorization of bias vectors); descriptive content rather than quantified empirical result.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... types/vectors of algorithmic bias in hiring
This study examines the dual role of AI in the workplace: as a tool for bias reduction and as a potential vehicle for systemic discrimination.
Statement of the paper's research aim / framing; descriptive claim about the paper's scope rather than empirical finding.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... AI's role in bias reduction versus discrimination in workplace decision-making
AI alters strategizing practices (Strategy-as-Practice) by making strategy processes continuous and AI-augmented rather than episodic and purely human-driven.
Conceptual synthesis of Strategy-as-Practice literature; theoretical claim about process change to continuous, AI-augmented strategizing; no empirical sample.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... temporal structure and conduct of strategizing practices
AI redistributes resource control to stakeholders, challenging the Stakeholder Resource-Based View by changing who holds and controls strategically valuable resources.
Theoretical argument within the Stakeholder Resource-Based View stream; conceptual synthesis asserting redistribution of resource control to external stakeholders and algorithmic actors; no empirical evidence reported.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... distribution of control over strategic resources
AI reconfigures ecosystems and platforms around foundation models, shifting how complementary actors interact and altering platform/ecosystem structure.
Analytical review of Ecosystems and Platforms literature; conceptual claim that foundation models act as central coordinating technologies; no empirical data or sample.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... structure and interactions within industry ecosystems and platforms
AI embeds algorithmic actors into the microfoundations of strategy, altering the role and behavior of individual-level actors that underlie firm-level phenomena.
Conceptual analysis of Microfoundations literature; theoretical proposition that algorithms act as actors at micro levels; no empirical sample provided.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... composition and behavior of micro-level actors in firms
AI creates hybrid cognitive architectures by integrating algorithmic cognition with human cognition, thereby changing how strategic decisions are made.
Theoretical argument drawing on literature in Behavioral Strategy and cognitive theory; conceptual synthesis without reported empirical tests or sample.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... architecture of decision-making/cognition in strategic contexts
AI introduces a theoretical discontinuity that challenges core assumptions of strategic management (specifically those rooted in industry-structure and resource-based perspectives).
Conceptual/theoretical analysis across literatures in strategic management; the paper synthesizes prior debates and argues AI undermines prior assumptions. No empirical sample or quantitative data reported.
high mixed Infusing Artificial Intelligence into Strategy Theory: Synth... robustness of foundational theoretical assumptions in strategic management
We examine algorithmic co-supervision (ACoS) as a hybrid control mode in which supervisors and AC systems jointly direct, evaluate, and discipline workers.
The paper's stated empirical and conceptual focus; supported by the authors' analysis of 14 real-world ACoS settings (as reported in abstract).
high mixed A Taxonomy Of Algorithmic Co-Supervision task_allocation
Managerial authority is shifting from human supervisors alone toward varying hybrid arrangements in which humans and algorithms jointly control workers.
Claim drawn from prior literature and the authors' conceptual framing; the paper also analyzes real-world settings (14) to illustrate hybrid arrangements.
high mixed A Taxonomy Of Algorithmic Co-Supervision governance_and_regulation
Classical categories (labour, capital, firm, market, productivity, trust) remain necessary but are incomplete for describing economic action when technologies prepare decisions, coordinate workflows, support tasks, verify transactions, and reshape responsibility.
Conceptual analysis supported by diagnostic indicators showing distributed decision/action capacity across humans, AI agents, robots, protocols, compute and energy systems; argumentative/theoretical evidence rather than causal inference.
high mixed The Agentic Economy: Humans, AI Agents, Robots, and the Meas... conceptual adequacy of economic categories
Labour projections are more consistent with task reallocation than labour disappearance.
Analysis of labour-market reallocation data and labour projections (public sources) interpreted under a task-reallocation framework rather than full employment loss, using relative growth and reallocation indicators.
high mixed The Agentic Economy: Humans, AI Agents, Robots, and the Meas... labor-market reallocation / projected employment changes
High-AIC participants realized outsized gains from GenAI access; low-AIC participants saw limited or even negative marginal returns.
Subgroup analysis of the randomized experiment comparing treatment effects by AIC level; authors report large positive treatment effects for high-AIC subgroup and small or negative effects for low-AIC subgroup.
high mixed Generative AI and the Productivity Divide: Human-AI Compleme... treatment effect on task performance by AIC subgroup
The distribution of gains from GenAI access was highly uneven across users.
Experimental results showing heterogeneous effects across participants (variance/heterogeneity analyses reported in the paper).
high mixed Generative AI and the Productivity Divide: Human-AI Compleme... distribution (variance) of performance gains