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Evidence (13870 claims)

Adoption
8467 claims
Productivity
7558 claims
Governance
6805 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
6363 claims
Org Design
4132 claims
Innovation
4065 claims
Labor Markets
3526 claims
Skills & Training
2945 claims
Inequality
2066 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 749 196 98 892 1984
Governance & Regulation 817 394 188 121 1544
Organizational Efficiency 771 189 124 83 1177
Technology Adoption Rate 627 233 123 96 1088
Research Productivity 411 123 56 332 933
Output Quality 467 178 59 47 751
Decision Quality 320 174 75 42 618
Firm Productivity 435 55 88 20 604
AI Safety & Ethics 214 276 65 33 593
Market Structure 178 167 122 24 496
Task Allocation 207 64 71 32 379
Skill Acquisition 165 59 60 17 301
Innovation Output 203 27 43 18 292
Employment Level 105 52 107 13 279
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 131 69 43 26 276
Consumer Welfare 116 63 42 11 232
Firm Revenue 150 48 26 3 227
Inequality Measures 44 122 49 6 221
Task Completion Time 169 29 8 12 219
Worker Satisfaction 89 63 20 12 184
Error Rate 69 92 10 2 173
Regulatory Compliance 76 68 14 5 163
Training Effectiveness 93 21 13 19 148
Wages & Compensation 77 36 25 6 144
Automation Exposure 51 54 22 12 142
Team Performance 86 17 27 9 140
Developer Productivity 94 17 14 6 132
Job Displacement 12 80 20 1 113
Hiring & Recruitment 51 7 8 3 69
Creative Output 31 17 7 3 59
Skill Obsolescence 5 46 6 1 58
Social Protection 27 16 8 2 53
Labor Share of Income 17 17 17 51
Worker Turnover 11 12 3 26
Industry 1 1
Limitations: the Comscore data observe household internet activity on home (non-mobile) devices and do not capture offline or mobile device activities, so extrapolation to total at-home activities should be done with caution.
Authors' explicit limitation discussion in paper stating data do not include mobile devices or offline activities.
high null result https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03144 data coverage (mobile/offline activities not observed)
ChatGPT adoption leaves the total time spent on productive online activities (including any time spent using ChatGPT) unchanged.
Same IV long-difference estimates as above; authors state 'leaving time spent on productive digital tasks unchanged' and that total productive activity time does not decline significantly.
high null result https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03144 total time spent on productive online activities
The analysis uses detailed Internet browsing microdata from over 200,000 U.S. households' home devices from 2021 to 2024.
Comscore web browsing panel described in paper; authors state dataset covers 'over 200,000 U.S. households' across 2021-2024; data provides timestamps, visit durations, URLs, demographic bins, etc.
high null result https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.03144 size and coverage of browsing panel
The present review examined the intersection of artificial intelligence, sustainable finance, ESG performance, FinTech, climate risk analytics, algorithmic governance, and responsible investing.
Statement of the paper's scope and aims (description of the review content and topics covered).
high null result Artificial intelligence in sustainable finance and Environme... topics covered by the review
The literature on AI-based ESG scoring, green finance, and data-driven sustainability reporting is disjointed across finance, management, and technology fields and requires application of the PRISMA framework to provide transparency and methodological rigor in systematic reviews.
Paper's methodological assessment and recommendation based on the authors' systematic review process and literature mapping (statement about the state of the literature and methodological needs). No numeric evidence provided in the excerpt.
high null result Artificial intelligence in sustainable finance and Environme... transparency and methodological rigor of literature reviews in the field
The analysis draws on data from 170 countries for 2020–2024 for the Government AI Readiness Index (GAIRI)–EGDI comparison.
Data description in abstract explicitly reporting the GAIRI–EGDI sample coverage as 170 countries for 2020–2024.
high null result E-government development: Artificial intelligence vibrancy a... E-Government Development Index (EGDI)
The analysis draws on data from 36 countries for 2018–2022 for the AI Vibrancy Score (AIVS)–EGDI comparison.
Data description in abstract explicitly reporting the AIVS–EGDI sample coverage as 36 countries for 2018–2022.
high null result E-government development: Artificial intelligence vibrancy a... E-Government Development Index (EGDI)
We release the anonymized dataset and analysis with a new query intent taxonomy to inform future designs of real-world AI research assistants and to support realistic evaluation.
Paper states that the anonymized Asta Interaction Dataset, accompanying analysis, and a new query intent taxonomy are being released publicly.
high null result Understanding Usage and Engagement in AI-Powered Scientific ... data and taxonomy release
The Asta Interaction Dataset comprises over 200,000 user queries and interaction logs from two deployed tools (a literature discovery interface and a scientific question-answering interface) within an LLM-powered retrieval-augmented generation platform.
Statement in paper describing dataset composition: >200,000 user queries and interaction logs collected from two deployed tools (literature discovery and scientific Q&A) within an RAG platform. Dataset release described in methods/dataset section.
high null result Understanding Usage and Engagement in AI-Powered Scientific ... size and composition of dataset (number of queries, tools included)
Methods combine targeted literature synthesis, comparative conceptual analysis, and framework building (with recent scholarly and institutional sources reviewed).
Explicit methodological statement in the paper describing the review and analytic approach; no primary-data methods used.
high null result Behavioral Factors as Determinants of Successful Scaling of ... methodological approach (literature synthesis and conceptual framework developme...
AI coding assistants are a high-visibility class of corporate AI and are given special attention as an illustrative case in the paper.
Paper specifically calls out AI coding assistants as a focal example in the conceptual analysis and discussion; based on literature review rather than original measurement.
high null result Behavioral Factors as Determinants of Successful Scaling of ... role of coding assistants as illustrative case for scaling and behavioral dynami...
AI’s societal integration in India is gradual, and therefore its impact on economic variables (like wages and inequality) is also gradual.
Synthesis in the paper based on empirical adoption figures (e.g., <0.7% adoption for AI ride services) and the observed weak changes in inequality measures in the transportation sector.
high null result Artificial Intelligence, Demand Switching and Sectoral Wage ... pace of AI integration and consequent economic impact
Despite AI’s introduction, wage inequality in the transportation sector (measured by the Gini coefficient) has not significantly worsened.
Empirical investigation reported in the paper analyzing transportation-sector wage disparities over time using the Gini coefficient; the paper reports no significant worsening post-introduction.
high null result Artificial Intelligence, Demand Switching and Sectoral Wage ... Gini coefficient of wages in the transportation sector
The Article translates these insights into risk-sensitive guideposts for modernizing governance of AI-enabled tools and emerging modalities, from agentic systems to blockchain-deployed smart contracts.
Prescriptive/conceptual policy guidance presented in the Article (normative recommendations; governance framework).
high null result Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age provision of governance guideposts for AI-enabled legal technologies
The Innovation Frontier traces LegalTech’s evolution from 2000s-vintage e-discovery to generative AI.
Historical/chronological analysis in the Article (literature review/history of LegalTech provided by authors).
high null result Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age narrative/historical scope of LegalTech evolution covered in the Article
The Legal Services Value Chain disaggregates the lifecycle of a legal matter into five distinct nodes of activity.
Model description in the Article (conceptual architecture; decomposition of legal work).
high null result Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age number and structure of nodes in the proposed value-chain model
The Article develops two core organizing models: the Legal Services Value Chain and the Innovation Frontier.
Explicit claim in the Article describing conceptual/model contributions (theoretical/model-building).
high null result Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age presence of two organizing conceptual models in the Article
This Article provides a practical framework for navigating the shifting terrain of legal innovation and AI.
Statement of purpose in the Article (conceptual contribution; framework development). No empirical validation reported in the excerpt.
high null result Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age existence of a practical framework for legal-AI governance and strategy
There are action tools for higher-stakes tasks like financial transactions.
Observed examples of action tools in the monitored MCP repositories that perform higher-stakes functions, with financial transactions given as an explicit example in the paper.
high null result How are AI agents used? Evidence from 177,000 MCP tools presence of action tools enabling high-stakes tasks (e.g., financial transaction...
We use O*NET mapping to identify each tool's task domain and consequentiality.
Method described in paper: mapping each tool to O*NET task domains and consequentiality using the monitored tool metadata and descriptions.
high null result How are AI agents used? Evidence from 177,000 MCP tools method for assigning task domain and consequentiality
We categorise tools according to their direct impact: perception tools to access and read data, reasoning tools to analyse data or concepts, and action tools to directly modify external environments.
Methodological classification described in paper (taxonomy of tools into perception, reasoning, action); applied to monitored MCP server dataset.
high null result How are AI agents used? Evidence from 177,000 MCP tools tool category / taxonomy
AI transparency alone did not significantly increase data-sharing.
Result reported from the randomized experiment (N=240) comparing actual data-sharing rates across human, white-box AI, and black-box AI conditions; authors state that transparency alone did not produce a significant increase in sharing.
high null result Understanding Data-Sharing with AI Systems: The Roles of Tra... actual data-sharing (behavioral sharing decisions)
The SRL did not generate designs with significantly better performance than RWL, even though it explored a different region of the design space.
Empirical comparison on the battery pack design task showing no significant performance improvement of SRL over RWL despite differing exploration; exact statistical tests, p-values, and sample sizes are not provided in the excerpt.
high null result Supervising Ralph Wiggum: Exploring a Metacognitive Co-Regul... design performance (SRL vs RWL)
These energy reductions are achieved without statistically significant performance loss.
Paper states that performance loss is not statistically significant across the evaluated benchmarks (as reported in the abstract).
high null result EcoThink: A Green Adaptive Inference Framework for Sustainab... model performance / benchmark accuracy (no statistically significant degradation...
The empirical analysis is based on A-share listed companies from 2015 to 2023.
Data description in the paper stating the study sample and time period (A-share listed firms, 2015–2023).
high null result The Impact of Digital Economy Pilot Zones on Corporate New Q... study sample/timeframe
The research surveys current methodologies and empirical evidence related to regulatory early-warning systems and desegregates (synthesizes) findings from empirical information.
Paper states it examines existing methodologies and empirical findings (literature review / synthesis); no scope (e.g., number of studies reviewed) given in the excerpt.
high null result Research on the Construction of an AI-Driven Financial Regul... state of evidence on methodologies for regulatory early-warning of fiscal risk
The study uses a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative insights from 1,500 semi-structured customer interviews with quantitative analysis of transaction records, loan repayment histories, and account activity.
Paper states methods explicitly in abstract: 1,500 semi-structured interviews plus quantitative analysis of transaction records, loan repayment histories, and account activity (case-study approach across three platforms).
Three interlocking threads characterize AI for science: (1) AI as research instrument, (2) AI for research infrastructure, and (3) the reshaping of scholarly profiles and incentives by machine-readable metrics.
Conceptual framework presented in the paper; organization of topics rather than empirical measurement. The paper indicates these threads are followed through historical and contemporary examples.
high null result A Brief History of AI for Scientific Discovery: Open Researc... conceptual decomposition of AI-for-science developments
The history of artificial intelligence for scientific discovery is not a two year story about chatbots learning to write papers; it is a sixty year story beginning with DENDRAL (1965).
Historical narrative / literature review citing early systems such as DENDRAL (1965) and subsequent developments in scholarly infrastructure (arXiv, Google Scholar, ORCID). No empirical sample or statistical test reported.
high null result A Brief History of AI for Scientific Discovery: Open Researc... historical scope and timeline of AI for scientific discovery
Four control mechanisms emerged from the review: GPS tracking (panoptic surveillance), rating systems (emotional labour demands), dynamic pricing (income volatility), and automated sanctions (deactivation fear).
Thematic synthesis across the 48 reviewed studies identifying recurring algorithmic control mechanisms.
high null result Algorithmic Control and Psychological Risk in Digitally Mana... presence/identification of algorithmic control mechanisms
Thematic synthesis integrated Job Demand-Control Model, Conservation of Resources Theory, and Algorithmic Management Theory to develop an integrated multilevel theoretical framework.
Authors' stated method: thematic synthesis combining those three theoretical frameworks across the reviewed literature (48 studies).
high null result Algorithmic Control and Psychological Risk in Digitally Mana... theoretical integration
PRISMA-guided systematic integrative review of 48 peer-reviewed studies (2016-2025) sourced from 4,812 initial records (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed).
Methods statement in the paper: PRISMA-guided systematic integrative review; search across Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed; initial yield 4,812 records; final included studies = 48.
high null result Algorithmic Control and Psychological Risk in Digitally Mana... number of studies and records screened/included
At the macroeconomic level, Kazakhstan's state programs (e.g., 'Digital Kazakhstan' and the Industrial and Innovation Development Program) and international indices (WIPO Global Innovation Index, OECD digital assessments, IMF data) are used to evaluate and position Kazakhstan within the global digital economy.
Macro-level analysis using national programs and international indices described in the article to assess Kazakhstan's digital economy standing.
high null result Digitalization and labor costs: efficiency of industrial ent... Kazakhstan's position in global digital economy (evaluative metric)
This paper uses panel data of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share non-financial listed companies from 2010 to 2022 to study AI's effects.
Explicit data description in the paper (sample frame and period stated).
high null result THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON ENTERPRISE INCOME D... n/a (methodological/data claim)
Both the positive (approach) and negative (avoidance) AI job crafting pathways failed to significantly affect life satisfaction, indicating domain specificity of AI-related psychological mechanisms.
Analysis of the same multi-source, multi-wave dataset of 287 employee–leader dyads; tests of effects on life satisfaction showed non-significant results for both pathways.
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has shown strong microscopic performance in car-following conditions, but its macroscopic traffic flow characteristics remain underexplored.
Literature synthesis / motivation in the paper (review of existing DRL work focused on microscopic performance). No empirical sample size.
high null result Macroscopic Characteristics of Mixed Traffic Flow with Deep ... extent of prior research on macroscopic traffic flow characteristics for DRL mod...
The paper is intentionally public-safe: it omits proprietary implementation details, training recipes, thresholds, hidden-state instrumentation, deployment procedures, and confidential system design choices, and therefore the contribution is theoretical rather than operational.
Statement about the paper's scope and publication choices; directly asserted by the authors regarding omitted content and the theoretical nature of the contribution.
high null result A Public Theory of Distillation Resistance via Constraint-Co... scope_and_nature_of_contribution (theoretical vs operational)
The paper introduces a constraint-coupled reasoning framework with four elements: bounded transition burden, path-load accumulation, dynamically evolving feasible regions, and a capability-stability coupling condition.
Descriptive/theoretical: the paper explicitly defines and enumerates these four framework elements. This is a claim about the paper's content rather than an empirical finding.
high null result A Public Theory of Distillation Resistance via Constraint-Co... presence_and_definition_of_framework_components
The analysis uses data on 31 million users of Ctrip, China's largest online travel platform, to study "Wendao," an LLM-based AI assistant integrated into the platform.
Descriptive statement in the paper about data source: platform logs/usage data for Ctrip covering 31 million users and the Wendao assistant.
The top three platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek) receive statistically indistinguishable satisfaction ratings despite vast differences in funding, team size, and benchmark performance.
Statistical comparison of self-reported satisfaction ratings collected via the paper's survey (overall N=388); statistical tests reported in paper (specific test and per-platform n not provided in abstract).
high null result Beyond Benchmarks: How Users Evaluate AI Chat Assistants user satisfaction ratings
The frequency of manipulative behaviours (propensity) of an AI model is not consistently predictive of the likelihood of manipulative success (efficacy), underscoring the importance of studying these dimensions separately.
Analytic results reported in the study comparing model propensity (how often manipulative outputs are produced) with measures of success (induced belief/behavior changes), finding inconsistent or weak association.
high null result Evaluating Language Models for Harmful Manipulation association between model propensity (frequency of manipulative outputs) and man...
For readers less familiar with the Bayesian and decision-theoretic language, key terms are defined in a glossary at the end of the article.
Statement about the article's structure and supporting material (presence of glossary noted in the article).
high null result Retraining as Approximate Bayesian Inference availability of glossary/terminology definitions
The gap between a continuously updated belief state and your frozen deployed model is 'learning debt.'
Terminology/definition introduced by the author in the article (glossary and definitional exposition).
high null result Retraining as Approximate Bayesian Inference definition/labeling of model staleness
Model retraining is usually treated as an ongoing maintenance task.
Author's descriptive claim in the article; presented as an observation about prevailing practice (no empirical sample or data reported).
high null result Retraining as Approximate Bayesian Inference how retraining is operationalized (treated as maintenance)
We ran a behavioral experiment (N = 200) in which participants predicted the AI's correctness across four AI calibration conditions: standard, overconfidence, underconfidence, and a counterintuitive "reverse confidence" mapping.
Reported experimental design and sample size in the paper (behavioral experiment with N = 200; four experimental conditions).
high null result Learning to Trust: How Humans Mentally Recalibrate AI Confid... experimental conditions / task setup (participants predicting AI correctness)
Study methodology: Two online experiments were conducted via the crowdsourcing platform Prolific with sample sizes study 1: n = 325 and study 2: n = 371; participant mean age = 35 years; 55% female.
Methodological and sample description provided in the abstract.
high null result AI content labeling and user engagement on social media: The... study design and sample characteristics
Late disclosure of AI involvement did not improve affective engagement for AI-generated content.
Reported experimental result in the abstract from the two online studies manipulating disclosure timing (early vs. late).
high null result AI content labeling and user engagement on social media: The... affective engagement for AI-generated content under late disclosure
The study was conducted by the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government’s Future of Government Center, in collaboration with global AI pioneers.
Authorship and collaboration statement in the report.
high null result Charting AI Governance Future in the Arab Region: A Policy R... institutional authorship and collaboration on the study
The report highlights the key findings of a field study covering ten Arab countries to explore the realities and challenges of AI governance.
Report statement describing the geographic scope of the field study (explicitly: ten Arab countries).
high null result Charting AI Governance Future in the Arab Region: A Policy R... geographic coverage of the field study (number of countries)
The recommendations are based on regional research that included hundreds of leaders active in the AI domains, from the public and private sectors.
Report statement claiming participant base of the underlying research (described as 'hundreds of leaders').
high null result Charting AI Governance Future in the Arab Region: A Policy R... scope and participant coverage of the underlying research