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Evidence (5877 claims)

Adoption
7395 claims
Productivity
6507 claims
Governance
5877 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
5157 claims
Innovation
3492 claims
Org Design
3470 claims
Labor Markets
3224 claims
Skills & Training
2608 claims
Inequality
1835 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 609 159 77 736 1615
Governance & Regulation 664 329 160 99 1273
Organizational Efficiency 624 143 105 70 949
Technology Adoption Rate 502 176 98 78 861
Research Productivity 348 109 48 322 836
Output Quality 391 120 44 40 595
Firm Productivity 385 46 85 17 539
Decision Quality 275 143 62 34 521
AI Safety & Ethics 183 241 59 30 517
Market Structure 152 154 109 20 440
Task Allocation 158 50 56 26 295
Innovation Output 178 23 38 17 257
Skill Acquisition 137 52 50 13 252
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 120 64 38 23 252
Employment Level 93 46 96 12 249
Firm Revenue 130 43 26 3 202
Consumer Welfare 99 51 40 11 201
Inequality Measures 36 105 40 6 187
Task Completion Time 134 18 6 5 163
Worker Satisfaction 79 54 16 11 160
Error Rate 64 78 8 1 151
Regulatory Compliance 69 64 14 3 150
Training Effectiveness 81 15 13 18 129
Wages & Compensation 70 25 22 6 123
Team Performance 74 16 21 9 121
Automation Exposure 41 48 19 9 120
Job Displacement 11 71 16 1 99
Developer Productivity 71 14 9 3 98
Hiring & Recruitment 49 7 8 3 67
Social Protection 26 14 8 2 50
Creative Output 26 14 6 2 49
Skill Obsolescence 5 37 5 1 48
Labor Share of Income 12 13 12 37
Worker Turnover 11 12 3 26
Industry 1 1
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Model behaviors vary strongly with levels of reasoning and with users' inferred socio-economic status.
Reported findings from evaluations that varied model reasoning prompts/levels and user socio-economic status signals; paper states behavior differences across these dimensions. Abstract does not give sample sizes or exact quantitative differences.
high mixed Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models... variation in model behavior by reasoning level and inferred socio-economic statu...
The rapid deployment of multi-agentic AI systems is reshaping the foundations of copyright law and creative markets.
Theoretical and conceptual argumentation presented in the paper; no empirical sample or quantitative analysis reported.
Each country's legal framework could influence the ultimate trajectory of the AI race.
Framed in the chapter as a concluding implication of the comparative analysis; presented as a reasoned projection rather than an empirically validated prediction in the provided text.
high mixed Navigating Turbulence: The Challenge of Inclusive Innovation... trajectory of the international AI race
Data privacy, intellectual property (IP rights), and export restrictions are three critical aspects of the American and Chinese legal infrastructure that significantly impact AI innovation.
Author(s) state this as the organizing premise of the chapter; comparative legal analysis and normative argumentation rather than empirical measurement.
high mixed Navigating Turbulence: The Challenge of Inclusive Innovation... impact of legal infrastructure (data privacy, IP rights, export restrictions) on...
Chinese Marxism's dialectical approach—rooted in the yin‑yang principle—constitutes an alternative epistemology that fundamentally differs from Western either/or logic, and this epistemology underpins the semi‑core's policy and strategic stance.
Philosophical and textual analysis of contemporary Chinese Marxist thought presented in the paper, interpreted in relation to Bauman's philosophical work; no empirical measurement reported, presented as conceptual/theoretical evidence.
high mixed Theorising the Interregnum: epistemological orientation (yin‑yang dialectic vs Western either/or)
Evolutionary dynamics in the model reflect not just current fitness but factors related to the long-run growth potential of descendant lineages.
Mathematical analysis of the proposed model showing lineage growth potential influences dynamics (theoretical derivations/proofs within the paper).
high mixed A mathematical theory of evolution for self-designing AIs influence on evolutionary dynamics (current fitness vs long-run lineage growth p...
Poaching by a dominant undertaking can, under certain conditions, constitute exclusionary abuse and structural abuse in both product and labor markets (drawing on Section 2 Sherman Act 'predatory hiring' scholarship and case law).
Paper's analytical claim based on comparative legal scholarship and case law (described in abstract); no empirical sample/experiment specified in abstract.
high mixed Employee Poaching as An Abuse of Dominance Under Article 102... legal classification of targeted hiring as exclusionary or structural abuse
An Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT) framework produces a 'Red Queen' co-evolutionary dynamic between platforms' algorithmic control and worker behavior in which neither side reaches a stable static equilibrium.
Analytical EGT model and numerical simulations of a population-level game between workers (choices: compliance vs. algorithmic gaming) and a platform varying surveillance strictness; model-based result (no empirical sample size).
high mixed THE RED QUEEN in the DASHBOARD: CO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS of ... presence of ongoing co-evolutionary (Red Queen) dynamics / lack of stable static...
Policy enforcement maintains a 52.8% success rate for legitimate requests.
Quantitative result reported from the paper's experiments (52.8% success rate for legitimate requests under policy enforcement).
high mixed APEX: Agent Payment Execution with Policy for Autonomous Age... success rate for legitimate requests
This paper proposes three archetypal AI technology types: AI for effort reduction, AI to increase observability, and mechanism-level incentive change AI.
Conceptual taxonomy introduced by the authors (theoretical classification presented in the paper).
high mixed Incentives, Equilibria, and the Limits of Healthcare AI: A G... typology of AI technologies (categorical classification)
The results generalize to other technologies that feature safety externalities and first-mover advantages.
Authors' argument and model generalization: the mechanisms identified (preemption, externality, policy responses) are argued to apply beyond frontier AI to other technologies with similar strategic features.
high mixed Optimal Release Timing of AI Systems: A Strategic Analysis w... applicability/generalizability of model insights to other technologies
Pigouvian safety taxes partially correct the safety externality but cannot eliminate the preemption distortion on their own.
Model policy counterfactuals: introducing a tax on unsafe releases reduces the externality-driven distortion but leaves residual preemption incentives so the first-best is not fully attained by tax alone.
high mixed Optimal Release Timing of AI Systems: A Strategic Analysis w... extent to which Pigouvian taxes correct safety externalities and eliminate preem...
We provide empirical evidence for the inverse parametric knowledge effect: ontological grounding value is inversely proportional to LLM training data coverage of the domain.
Empirical claim based on the controlled experiment (pattern linking grounding value to parametric knowledge coverage reported in paper).
high mixed Ontology-Constrained Neural Reasoning in Enterprise Agentic ... value of ontological grounding relative to LLM parametric knowledge coverage
AI technologies and digital platforms have fundamentally altered the organization of work and modes of value realization.
Synthesis of contemporary literature and theoretical analysis in a conceptual study (no empirical sample reported).
high mixed The labor theory of value in the era of artificial intellige... organization of work and modes of value realization in platform economies
Big Data-based FinTech can contribute to financial stability only when its implementation is strategically justified, ethically grounded and supported by effective regulation, robust data governance and investment in human capital.
Normative conclusion drawn from systemic and structural analysis of literature and synthesis of empirical studies; no empirical test provided within the paper.
high mixed Implications of Big Data Technologies for the Resilience of ... contribution of Big Data-based FinTech to financial stability conditional on gov...
The effectiveness of Big Data solutions varies across the financial sphere and depends critically on data quality, regulatory alignment and organisational readiness.
Derived from comparative analysis of sector-specific applications and synthesis of findings in the reviewed literature; no quantified cross-sector sample reported.
high mixed Implications of Big Data Technologies for the Resilience of ... effectiveness of Big Data solutions
AI intensity and employment elasticity are linked by a U-shaped relationship.
Result reported by the paper based on the authors' empirical/econometric analysis of international datasets (OECD/ILO/World Bank).
high mixed Impact Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) On Employment employment elasticity (relationship to AI intensity)
The paper analyzes AI as a continuous process using data from the OECD, ILO, and the World Bank to study job displacement, creation, and reallocation.
Empirical analysis described in the paper using datasets from OECD, ILO, and World Bank; econometric approach implied.
high mixed Impact Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) On Employment job displacement, job creation, and job reallocation
AI is recognized as a primary change agent that influences various aspects of economies the world over, and thus it profoundly changes not only the number of jobs but also their quality.
Stated as a high-level conclusion in the paper's introduction/abstract; based on literature synthesis of studies from 2013-2025 and references to international sources (OECD, ILO, World Bank).
high mixed Impact Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) On Employment number of jobs and job quality (employment and quality of work)
Perceived algorithmic influence varies across users and moderates how personalization translates into opinion outcomes.
Survey measures of perceived algorithmic influence combined with moderation tests (interaction terms) in regression-style analyses on the N = 450 sample; authors report heterogeneity in perceived algorithmic impact and moderation of the selective exposure–polarization association.
high mixed Echo Chambers, Filter Bubbles, and Selective Exposure: Media... moderation of selective exposure effect on polarization by perceived algorithmic...
Network externalities create an opportunity for win-win industrial policies, but the realisation of such mutually beneficial outcomes depends on market structure (product differentiation/substitutability) and the nature of innovation (product vs process).
Synthesis of model results across parameter regimes in the two-country strategic trade and R&D model showing conditional win-win equilibria; theoretical arguments (no empirical sample).
high mixed Industrial Policy with Network Externalities: Race to the Bo... possibility/conditions for mutual welfare improvement from industrial policy
The welfare consequences of an industrial policy targeting a sector with network externalities are determined by the interaction between the strength of the externality, the type of R&D, and the degree of product differentiation between the home and the imported goods.
Analytical results from a two-country theoretical model with strategic trade and R&D investment; comparative-static analysis of equilibrium outcomes (no empirical sample).
high mixed Industrial Policy with Network Externalities: Race to the Bo... aggregate welfare (welfare consequences of policy)
All models exhibit task-dependent confabulation: they perform well on standardized legislative templates (e.g., EU directive transpositions) but generate plausible yet unfounded reasoning for politically idiosyncratic proposals.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis across the 15 proposals showing high-fidelity outputs for standardized/template-like proposals and instances of fabricated or unsupported rationale for idiosyncratic proposals; based on model outputs compared to official explanatory memoranda using the dual evaluation framework.
high mixed Can Commercial LLMs Be Parliamentary Political Companions? C... incidence of confabulation / faithfulness to official reasoning, stratified by t...
As technological progress devalues labor, the welfare benefits of steering are at first increased but, beyond a critical threshold, decline and optimal policy shifts toward greater redistribution.
Theoretical model extension analyzing planner's optimal choice as labor's economic value changes; the paper states a non-monotonic relationship with a critical threshold.
high mixed NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES welfare benefits of steering; optimal policy (steering vs redistribution)
Country-specific (fixed) effects show substantial heterogeneity: some countries (e.g., Denmark, Estonia, Korea) exhibit strongly positive deviations, while others (e.g., India, South Africa) show persistently negative deviations from average trajectories.
Reported country-specific fixed effects/deviations in abstract with illustrative examples of countries with positive and negative deviations. No numeric country-level effect sizes provided in abstract.
high mixed E-government development: Artificial intelligence vibrancy a... E-Government Development Index (EGDI)
AI accelerates value-chain maturation while creating distinct risks — including professional responsibility tensions and potential system-level externalities.
Conceptual argument and risk analysis in the Article (theoretical reasoning and synthesis of management/ethics literature). No empirical causal estimate reported in the excerpt.
high mixed Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age acceleration of value-chain maturation and emergence of professional responsibil...
The legal profession is at a crossroads, caught between intensifying fears of AI-driven displacement and a generational opportunity for transformation.
Author's synthesis and framing in the Article (conceptual assessment; literature/contextual synthesis). No empirical sample or experiment reported in the excerpt.
high mixed Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age risk of AI-driven displacement and opportunity for transformation in the legal p...
This advantage is contingent upon robust AI governance, ethical frameworks, and the transition from 'pilot-lite' projects to integrated, data-driven 'AI-first' business models.
Conditional claim in the paper linking success to governance, ethics, and organizational integration; appears to be normative/analytical rather than empirical in the abstract.
high mixed The AI Advantage: Strategic Innovation and Global Expansion ... dependency of AI-driven advantage on governance, ethics, and organizational inte...
The paper reframes AI governance as a form of social policy shaped by political and economic institutions.
Conceptual/interpretive claim supported by the authors' comparative analysis and theoretical framing of AI governance alongside social policy dimensions.
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... conceptual framing of AI governance as social policy influenced by political-eco...
Although many regions use similar ethical language, substantial differences persist in risk allocation, regulatory enforcement, welfare integration and social protection.
Content analysis of policy documents showing overlap in ethical rhetoric but divergence across coded institutional dimensions related to risk allocation, enforcement, welfare integration and social protection (n=24).
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... similarity of ethical language vs. divergence in (a) risk allocation, (b) regula...
Five distinct governance models emerge: rights-based (EU), market-driven (US), state-centric (China), hybrid (Australia–Japan–Singapore) and developmental (India).
Typology derived from coding and index comparison of the 24 policy documents; authors classify regions/countries into five labeled governance models.
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... categorical classification of regional AI governance model
The findings show clear and systematic differences in how regions govern AI.
Comparative analysis of coded policy documents (n=24) producing indices that the authors interpret as showing systematic cross-regional differences in governance approaches.
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... degree and nature of differences in regional AI governance approaches
The documents are systematically coded across four institutional dimensions and converted into simple indices to compare governance approaches across the regions.
Author-reported method: systematic coding of documents on four institutional dimensions and construction of indices for cross-regional comparison (based on the 24 documents).
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... coding across four institutional dimensions and index construction
This study uses a comparative qualitative policy analysis based on 24 key AI policy documents published between 2018 and 2025 across the European Union, United States, China, and Indo-Pacific economies.
Author-stated research design and sample: systematic review/comparative qualitative policy analysis of 24 AI policy documents spanning 2018–2025 covering EU, US, China and Indo-Pacific economies.
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... research design and document sample
Energy policy uncertainty has a nonlinear effect on AI investment: moderate uncertainty fosters innovation, whereas high volatility hinders long-term investment.
Empirical analysis using nonlinear methods (WQR and WQC) on US quarterly data 2013Q1–2024Q4 (48 quarters), assessing distributional asymmetries across quantiles and time–frequency bands.
The growth effects of AI are conditional on institutional quality and organizational adaptability.
Theoretical/analytical claim in the paper's framework and supported by the stylized-facts analysis indicating heterogeneity in productivity and growth outcomes by institutional and digital capacity indicators.
high mixed Artificial intelligence, institutional innovation and econom... growth effects of AI (heterogeneity/conditionality by institutions and adaptabil...
AI agents implicate many areas of law, ranging from agency law and contracts to tort liability and labor law.
Legal/policy analysis in the paper enumerating legal domains implicated by AI agents (qualitative analysis; no sample size).
high mixed Regulating AI Agents scope of legal domains implicated by AI agents
AI assistance in safety engineering is fundamentally a collaboration design problem rather than merely a software procurement decision: the same tool can either degrade or improve analysis quality depending entirely on how it is used.
Synthesis of the formal framework and analytic results in the paper (theoretical argument; no empirical sample reported).
The paper concludes by discussing open challenges in evaluating harmful manipulation by AI models.
Paper includes a discussion/conclusion section enumerating open challenges; stated in abstract.
high mixed Evaluating Language Models for Harmful Manipulation identification of open research and evaluation challenges
We identify significant differences across our tested geographies, suggesting that AI manipulation results from one geographic region may not generalise to others.
Empirical comparison across three locales (US, UK, India) showing statistically significant differences in manipulation outcomes by geography.
high mixed Evaluating Language Models for Harmful Manipulation geographic variation in manipulative behaviour/effects
Context matters: AI manipulation differs between domains, suggesting that it needs to be evaluated in the high-stakes context(s) in which an AI system is likely to be used.
Comparative analysis across three domains (public policy, finance, health) showing differences in manipulative behaviour and/or impact by domain in the empirical study.
high mixed Evaluating Language Models for Harmful Manipulation variation in manipulative behaviour/effects across use domains
The paper's findings deepen the understanding of algorithmic aversion in the context of generative AI and offer practical guidance for creators and platforms navigating transparency versus engagement trade-offs.
Authors' interpretation and conclusions summarized in the abstract, based on the two experiments (study 1: n = 325; study 2: n = 371).
high mixed AI content labeling and user engagement on social media: The... interpretation of experimental results (algorithmic aversion / guidance implicat...
The governance risk-mitigation effects of AI operate through increasing financial risk exposure.
Authors' mechanism tests indicate a relationship between AI adoption and changes in financial risk exposure measures, which they interpret as a channel affecting executive behavior.
high mixed The risk-mitigation effects of artificial intelligence adopt... financial risk exposure (financial risk/proxy metrics)
The paper draws comparisons between inference tokens and established commodities such as electricity, carbon emission allowances, and bandwidth to motivate financialization.
Theoretical comparison and historical analysis (drawing on the historical experience of electricity futures markets and commodity financialization theory) as presented in the paper.
high mixed AI Token Futures Market: Commoditization of Compute and Deri... similarity / comparability to established commodity markets
Initiatives such as Cassava AI's network of AI factories signal growing interest in adopting AI in Africa, but these projects remain very targeted and continental adoption still requires better coordination between African stakeholders.
Cited example (Cassava AI) in the paper to illustrate nascent initiatives; combined with the authors' qualitative assessment of scope and geographic targeting of such projects.
high mixed Take the Train: Africa at the Crossroad of Modern AI scope and coordination of AI adoption initiatives
Automation holds significant potential for modernising tax administration, but its success depends on aligning technological innovation with inclusive policy design and institutional capacity.
Overall conclusion of the literature synthesis of 36 peer-reviewed articles; based on patterns of positive impacts conditional on contextual factors and governance highlighted across the studies.
high mixed The Influence of Automation on Tax Compliance Behaviour overall success/potential of tax administration modernisation
Behavioural responses to automation vary across taxpayer segments: some users embrace automation as a facilitator of compliance while others resist due to perceived opacity and technological anxiety.
Synthesis of behavioural findings from the reviewed literature (36 studies) reporting heterogeneous responses by taxpayer segment, including qualitative reports of resistance and quantitative measures of uptake/adoption.
high mixed The Influence of Automation on Tax Compliance Behaviour taxpayer behavioural response / adoption of automated systems
The effectiveness of automated tax systems is mediated by contingencies including digital literacy, institutional trust, and regulatory clarity.
The review identifies recurring contextual factors across the 36 articles that are reported to moderate or mediate the impact of automation on outcomes (qualitative and quantitative findings cited in the synthesis).
high mixed The Influence of Automation on Tax Compliance Behaviour effectiveness of automated tax systems (e.g., compliance/adoption/effect size)
AI is not an inherent instrument of justice but a malleable socio-technical force whose equitable outcomes depend on policy design and institutional context.
Interpretation and synthesis of empirical results showing conditional and heterogeneous effects of AI; normative conclusion drawn by authors from observed heterogeneity and mediating channels.
high mixed Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... conceptual claim about AI's role in producing equitable outcomes
Governmental structures, labor supply and demand, and incorporation of financial measures act as key intervening variables affecting achieved ROI from GenAI implementations.
Qualitative synthesis and theoretical analysis reported in the paper identifying contextual/intervening variables.
high mixed Measuring Business ROI of Generative AI Adoption on Azure Cl... influence of governance and labor market factors on ROI