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The role of over-reliance on AI in the negative consequences of student learning: The moderating effects of ethical concerns and institutional policies
PolicyNegative state · G 66 / P 73

AI use and over-reliance among university students in Mogadishu and its effects on learning

Source article: The role of over-reliance on AI in the negative consequences of student learning: The moderating effects of ethical concerns and institutional policies

Problem

Over-reliance on AI tools is associated with diminished analytical skills, reduced critical thinking and engagement, and ethical risks including academic dishonesty and data privacy issues.

Cogent Education
Gain

AI tools can enhance educational experiences for undergraduate and postgraduate students when integrated in a balanced way.

Cogent Education
Can Generative AI improve social science?
ScienceContested · G 66 / P 70

use of generative AI in social science research methods

Source article: Can Generative AI improve social science?

Problem

Bias in training data and other issues including ethics, replication, environmental impact, and proliferation of low-quality research can negatively impact social science research using generative AI.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Gain

Generative AI has potential to improve core social science methods including surveys, online experiments, content analysis, and agent-based modeling of human behavior.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A focused review of artificial intelligence in education: Evolution and challenges
EducationContested · G 73 / P 72

AI integration for personalized learning and assessment in bi/multilingual education

Source article: A focused review of artificial intelligence in education: Evolution and challenges

Problem

Same review identifies persistent risks in those settings including data privacy violations, algorithmic bias, unequal access, and erosion of relational and cultural aspects of teaching, described as an empathy gap in AI tools.

Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Artificial Intelligence and Society
Gain

Systematic review of 40 studies reports AI tools for personalized learning, tutoring and assessment improved student engagement, learning performance and teaching efficiency through adaptive feedback and real-time analytics in bi/multilingual settings.

Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Artificial Intelligence and Society
Google Gemini as a next generation AI educational tool: a review of emerging educational technology
EducationContested · G 69 / P 70

integration of Google Gemini multimodal generative AI into educational technology

Source article: Google Gemini as a next generation AI educational tool: a review of emerging educational technology

Problem

Integrating Google Gemini into education presents significant challenges and ethical considerations that must be addressed.

Smart Learning Environments
Gain

Google Gemini can process text, image, audio, and video inputs to generate diverse content types for educational use.

Smart Learning Environments
The impact of generative artificial intelligence on socioeconomic inequalities and policy making
PolicyPositive state · G 78 / P 72

generative AI impacts on workplace socioeconomic outcomes

Source article: The impact of generative artificial intelligence on socioeconomic inequalities and policy making

Problem

Generative AI may expand misinformation, distribute workplace benefits unevenly, widen the digital divide in education, and deepen pre-existing inequalities in healthcare.

PNAS Nexus
Gain

Generative AI can boost workplace productivity, create new jobs, offer personalized learning in education, and improve diagnostics and accessibility in healthcare.

PNAS Nexus
MANAGEMENT OF AI-GENERATED MUSIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Media & ArtsContested · G 64 / P 66

ownership and royalty allocation for AI-generated music under intellectual property law

Source article: MANAGEMENT OF AI-GENERATED MUSIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Problem

Current copyright regimes are ineffective at assigning ownership and authorship for music autonomously composed by non-human AI creators.

ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
Gain

Proposed licensing and shared-rights frameworks for AI-generated music could equitably allocate royalties between developers and users.

ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
Justitia ex machina: The impact of an AI system on legal decision-making and discretionary authority
PolicyContested · G 69 / P 68

AI system for processing traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court and its effect on legal decision-making

Source article: Justitia ex machina: The impact of an AI system on legal decision-making and discretionary authority

Problem

Use of the AI system for traffic violation appeals impacts decisions made by legal experts and creates tensions between street-level bureaucrats, screen-level bureaucrats and street-level algorithms.

Big Data & Society
Gain

AI system for traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court can best be applied in support of legal decision-making and its process design may mitigate some risks of algorithmic decision-making.

Big Data & Society
ChatGPT Provides Satisfactory but Occasionally Inaccurate Answers to Common Patient Hip Arthroscopy Questions
HealthNegative state · G 68 / P 73

accuracy of ChatGPT answers to common patient hip arthroscopy questions

Source article: ChatGPT Provides Satisfactory but Occasionally Inaccurate Answers to Common Patient Hip Arthroscopy Questions

Problem

ChatGPT responses contained incorrect information in more than one instance and were written at a college graduate reading level, requiring caution for patient education.

Arthroscopy
Gain

ChatGPT provided satisfactory answers to common patient hip arthroscopy questions, with half of responses graded A and another 30% graded B by fellowship-trained surgeons.

Arthroscopy
Artificial intelligence in the music streaming value chain: Exploring artists' and users’ perceptions on content creation and algorithmic consumption
Media & ArtsNegative state · G 64 / P 70

Generative AI use in music creation and distribution within streaming platforms

Source article: Artificial intelligence in the music streaming value chain: Exploring artists' and users’ perceptions on content creation and algorithmic consumption

Problem

Generative AI may amplify existing dysfunctions of streaming platforms, threaten livelihoods of music professionals, and raise governance and transparency concerns.

Telecommunications Policy
Gain

Generative AI can lower barriers to entry for music creation, expanding who can participate in making music.

Telecommunications Policy
Reclaiming the Sonic Archive: AI, Data Sovereignty, and the Future of Mijikenda Music
Media & ArtsContested · G 67 / P 71

use of AI on Mijikenda musical heritage and its impact on cultural continuity and sovereignty

Source article: Reclaiming the Sonic Archive: AI, Data Sovereignty, and the Future of Mijikenda Music

Problem

Applying conventional Western-rooted AI tools to Mijikenda musical heritage risks perpetuating digital colonialism through decontextualisation of sacred practices, infringement of data sovereignty, and cultural appropriation.

Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
Gain

A decolonial framework grounding AI in Indigenous Knowledge Systems could shift AI from extraction to community-led cultural care for Mijikenda music, empowering communities and sustaining living sonic heritage.

Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
From concerns to benefits: a comprehensive study of ChatGPT usage in education
EducationContested · G 74 / P 70

ChatGPT use among university students and its effect on behavioral intention to adopt for learning

Source article: From concerns to benefits: a comprehensive study of ChatGPT usage in education

Problem

University students reported privacy concerns, technophobia, and guilt feelings that reduced behavioral intention to adopt ChatGPT for learning.

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
Gain

Among university students, ChatGPT's self-learning capabilities supported knowledge acquisition and application, and individual impact and innovativeness increased perceived benefits and behavioral intention to use it.

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
Thinking Machines: Mathematical Reasoning in the Age of LLMs
ScienceContested · G 67 / P 67

LLM performance on structured symbolic reasoning tasks including mathematics and coding

Source article: Thinking Machines: Mathematical Reasoning in the Age of LLMs

Problem

Despite parallels to coding, LLMs still struggle with formalized mathematics, where proof synthesis remains brittle and advances have been significantly more challenging.

Big Data and Cognitive Computing
Gain

Large Language Models have demonstrated strong capabilities in structured reasoning and symbolic tasks, with coding succeeding as a concrete application area.

Big Data and Cognitive Computing
Precision Farming with Smart Sensors: Current State, Challenges and Future Outlook
BusinessContested · G 69 / P 66

smart sensor technologies integrated with IoT and AI for precision farming

Source article: Precision Farming with Smart Sensors: Current State, Challenges and Future Outlook

Problem

Smart sensor deployment in precision farming is limited by calibration issues, data privacy concerns, interoperability gaps and adoption barriers.

Sensors
Gain

Integration of smart sensors with IoT and AI has transformed agricultural data collection and use to optimize yield, conserve resources and improve farm efficiency.

Sensors
Regulating AI-powered consumer contracts: risks, remedies, and global legal responses|Regolamentazione dei contratti dei consumatori basati sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: rischi, rimedi e risposte giuridiche globali
PolicyContested · G 68 / P 68

AI-powered automated drafting, personalization, and enforcement of consumer contracts

Source article: Regulating AI-powered consumer contracts: risks, remedies, and global legal responses|Regolamentazione dei contratti dei consumatori basati sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: rischi, rimedi e risposte giuridiche globali

Problem

AI-powered consumer contracts introduce risks of bias, opacity, privacy violations, and power asymmetries due to limited human intervention.

European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies
Gain

AI-powered consumer contracts increase efficiency by enabling automated drafting, personalization, and enforcement at scale with limited human intervention.

European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies
Advances in artificial intelligence: a review for the creative industries
PolicyContested · G 70 / P 71

use of generative AI including LLMs and diffusion models for content creation in creative industries

Source article: Advances in artificial intelligence: a review for the creative industries

Problem

In creative applications, AI hallucinations require essential human oversight for creative direction, alongside emerging challenges of copyright concerns, bias mitigation, high computational demands, and lack of robust regulatory frameworks.

Artificial Intelligence Review
Gain

Since 2022, transformers, LLMs, diffusion models and implicit neural representations have established new capabilities in text-to-image/video generation and real-time 3D reconstruction, shifting AI from support tool to core creative technology in the creative industries.

Artificial Intelligence Review