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A network-based security information system for safeguarding computer-based test platforms in organizational environments
Ajani Dele, Owolabi Abdulhakim Adewale, Inaya Adesuwa
Computer Science and Information Technologies · 2026-08-19
This paper proposes a Network-Based Security Information System (NBSIS) tailored to protect computer-based testing (CBT) platforms from cybersecurity threats such as unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, and digital cheating. The framework combines pfSense firewalls, Snort intrusion detection, Splunk SIEM, and AI-powered anomaly detection within a unified architecture featuring a human-centered dashboard for non-technical administrators. Simulated attack scenarios validated the system, showing high detection accuracy, fewer false positives, and faster response times compared to IDS-only or SIEM-only approaches. The findings position NBSIS as a scalable, practical solution for preserving exam integrity across diverse organizational and certification environments.
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AIRDF: An Open Reference Architecture for Verifiable, Cost-Transparent, AI-Ready Enterprise Data
Mahendra Babu Iragala
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-19
AIRDF presents an open reference architecture that makes AI-readiness an enforceable, verifiable property of enterprise data pipelines rather than an assumption. The framework composes five mechanisms—versioned data contracts, schema-drift detection with quarantine, declarative quality expectations, column-level lineage, and dimension-scored data certification—into a single gate data must pass before being used in AI or analytics systems. The paper describes the architecture, certification model, design trade-offs, and a working open-source implementation released under Apache License 2.0, with companion frameworks for cost-attributed processing and real-time streaming pipelines. This matters because it makes previously proprietary data-platform practices available in reproducible, open form to organizations that currently lack dedicated infrastructure teams.
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A Conceptual Framework for Multi-Agent AI Quality Control in The Review of Regulated Documents
Michael Ominyi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH · 2026-08-19
This paper proposes a conceptual multi-agent AI framework for reviewing regulated documents in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and finance. The framework distributes review tasks across specialized agents—covering extraction, compliance checking, adversarial cross-validation, audit, and human interface—coordinated by an orchestrator and anchored in a governed regulatory knowledge base. It addresses known weaknesses of single-agent LLM deployments, including hallucination and poor auditability, while targeting compliance with obligations such as those in the EU AI Act. The authors illustrate the framework using pharmaceutical GxP document review and financial disclosure scenarios, and identify open challenges including correlated errors, computational overhead, regulatory acceptance, and prompt injection risks.
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Beyond Automation: AI and the Human Value of Sell‐Side Analysts
Devin M. Shanthikumar, Il Sun Yoo
Journal of Accounting Research · 2026-08-19
This study examines how investment banks' AI investments reshape the work of sell-side equity analysts using a two-step framework informed by analyst interviews. The authors find that AI enables analysts to process public information (e.g., 10-K filings) more quickly, while freeing capacity that analysts reallocate toward acquiring private information—resulting in higher-quality, bolder earnings forecasts and expanded firm and industry coverage. Evidence from Morgan Stanley's generative AI tool AskResearchGPT corroborates the main findings. The paper demonstrates that AI augments rather than replaces skilled analyst judgment, with implications for how AI reshapes professional knowledge work.
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Beyond Job Titles: AI and Machine Learning Architectures Enabling Skills-Based Workforce Intelligence in Enterprise Organizations
Zeeshan Khan
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications · 2026-08-19
This paper reviews AI and machine learning frameworks designed to replace traditional job-title-based workforce models with skills-based intelligence systems. Using six ML-centric metrics applied across three simulated enterprise scenarios (small, mid-market, and large), the authors report that internal mobility rates can rise by up to 37 percentage points, talent recommendation accuracy reaches 0.79, and workforce readiness scores improve 18–31% within 12 months of implementation. Technologies including NLP, graph neural networks, and large language models are identified as key enablers for talent acquisition, internal mobility, and skills gap reduction. The paper also addresses ethical considerations and future directions for AI-driven workforce intelligence in enterprise settings.
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PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE STATE BEHAVIOR WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LIFECYCLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Nataliya Maroz
Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFMG · 2026-08-19
This article examines AI-enabled threats to international peace and security—including targeting of peacekeepers, provocation of armed conflict, amplification of cyberattacks, and harm to genocide victims' memory—and assesses how existing international law (UN Charter norms, human rights conventions, jus cogens) applies to the full lifecycle of AI systems. The authors conclude that while a comprehensive UN treaty would be desirable, it is premature given current uncertainty about AI risks and impacts. As a pragmatic interim measure, the article proposes a set of principles of responsible State behavior governing AI activities in the context of international peace and security to support gradual normative development.
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Unpacking Agripreneurship in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Era for Food Security and Job Creation: A Critical and Empirical Review
Polycarpe Feussi
African Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Development · 2026-08-19
This systematic review (following PRISMA 2020) examines how Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies—AI, IoT, and big data analytics—are reshaping agriculture in developing countries by improving production efficiency, food system availability, and value chain integration. The paper finds that agripreneurship, particularly through agritech start-ups, is creating employment opportunities especially for youth, while also contributing to food security. However, barriers including limited financial capital, poor infrastructure, digital skills shortages, and inadequate policy support continue to constrain the scalability and inclusiveness of these enterprises. The authors recommend building an inclusive ecosystem through targeted policy development, capacity building, and improved technology access to enable agripreneurs to succeed.
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Transcription is not generation: distinguishing non-generative AI tool use from academic misconduct in higher education assessment
Craig Wright
International Journal for Educational Integrity · 2026-08-19
This conceptual and policy analysis argues that current university policies on generative AI (GenAI) in assessed work often lack technical precision, failing to distinguish between genuinely generative AI use—where a machine produces intellectual content—and non-generative AI tools such as OCR, voice-to-text transcription, and handwriting recognition, which merely convert format on content the student already authored. Drawing on evidence that 94% of top US universities and similar proportions globally have issued GenAI guidelines, the paper contends these frameworks risk misclassifying legitimate assistive tool use as academic misconduct. The authors propose an evidential framework to help institutions make this distinction more clearly. Published in the International Journal for Educational Integrity, the paper advances interpretive arguments rather than empirical findings.
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The Unequal Impact of AI on Local Labor Markets: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Policy Insights
Yiran Li
Journal of Applied Economics and Social Dynamics · 2026-08-19
This review paper synthesizes task-based models, occupational network theory, and labor mobility research to explain why AI's impact on local labor markets is highly uneven across regions. Cities with dense skill networks absorb automation shocks better but often see rising wage inequality, while rural areas face a 'trap' where vanishing low-skill jobs leave workers with few alternatives and many exit the labor force entirely. Developing economies face additional structural disadvantages due to weak digital infrastructure and large informal sectors, creating what the authors describe as 'computing colonialism.' The paper concludes with region-specific policy directions including infrastructure investment, skill network development, migration support, and fairer global AI governance.
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Algorithmic governance at work: a legal-sociological and policy analysis of AI regulation, institutional power and labor rights
Anca Parmena Olimid, Cătălina Maria Georgescu, Daniel Alin Olimid et al.
Frontiers in Sociology · 2026-08-19
This paper conducts a legal-organizational analysis of how AI regulation is evolving across Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific with respect to workers' rights and workplace governance. Using comparative legal analysis and case studies, it identifies six regulatory pillars—including human rights and data privacy protections, reskilling frameworks, risk-based oversight, civil liability regimes, ethical AI promotion, and accountability mechanisms—that are increasingly converging globally. The findings underscore that transparency, non-discrimination, and human oversight are central concerns in AI-powered employment decisions. The study matters because it maps the emerging regulatory landscape governing algorithmic management and its implications for labor rights and occupational transformation.
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LLMs as a Foreign-Policy Tool: Justification, Global Distribution, and Global Domination
Ezekiel Vergara
Philosophy & Technology · 2026-08-19
This philosophy paper examines whether states using large language models (LLMs) as foreign-policy instruments—a practice the author calls 'LLM foreign policy,' citing China as an example—can be justified under Scanlonian moral theory. The author argues that the distributive effects of such policies matter for their justifiability: while LLM foreign policy may alleviate some existing distributional inequities, it can also create new ones and risk exposing populations to economic and political domination by powerful states. The paper concludes by recommending the creation of global institutions to address these distributive and domination-related concerns.
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Report of the Regional Roundtable, Artificial Intelligence in Electoral Processes: Threats and Opportunities for Election Management Bodies
arXiv · 2026-08-19
This report from the 27th Annual General Conference of the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries documents a regional roundtable examining how AI affects electoral management across Southern Africa. It finds that AI offers opportunities to improve efficiency, inclusivity, voter engagement, and cybersecurity, while also posing risks including disinformation, algorithmic bias, cyber threats, and digital exclusion. The report issues practical recommendations for electoral management bodies, policymakers, civil society, and development partners on governance frameworks, ethical oversight, and regional cooperation to ensure AI supports credible and inclusive elections in the SADC region.
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Prospective multi-centre evaluation of guideline−based artificial intelligence to streamline multidisciplinary tumour board
Oleksandr Ivashchuk, S. Hovornyan
Frontiers in Oncology · 2026-08-19
This prospective, multicentre study across four oncological hospitals evaluated a guideline-based AI algorithm (using LLMs anchored to NCCN guidelines) against or alongside multidisciplinary tumour boards (MTBs) for cancer diagnosis and treatment planning across 728 patients in eight tumour types. The AI alone reduced decision time dramatically compared to MTB alone (2.1 vs. 15.6 minutes), while the MTB+AI combination produced the lowest rates of diagnosis and treatment plan changes at 6 months (14.73% vs. 28.08% for MTB alone). Non-oncological clinicians in general and rural settings who used AI assistance also saw substantial reductions in decision time and rated the tool highly by 6 months, suggesting AI can extend evidence-based oncology decision support to specialists with limited oncology training. The authors conclude that AI cannot replace MTB but meaningfully augments it, particularly for non-oncologists in resource-limited settings.
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A Review of the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labour Market
Hongjie Chen, Zhenwei Tang
Journal of Applied Economics and Social Dynamics · 2026-08-19
This review paper examines three mechanisms by which AI affects labor markets: substitution of codifiable tasks, creation of new jobs in the digital economy, and augmentation of worker productivity through human-machine cooperation. Unlike earlier automation waves, AI can handle both manual routine and cognitive tasks, broadening its workforce impact. The paper finds that AI's effects are unevenly distributed, raising demand for digital literacy, data analysis, and problem-solving skills while making routine and entry-level jobs more vulnerable. It also notes that AI-driven employment uncertainty affects students and young workers, generating both anxiety and motivation to develop new skills.
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Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of the Digital Gig Economy: An Integrative Review Centered on Content-Generation Workers
Yongze Zhao
Journal of Applied Economics and Social Dynamics · 2026-08-19
This integrative review examines how generative AI is reshaping the digital gig economy, particularly for content-creation workers. The paper finds that generative AI's low cost and efficient information processing lower barriers to knowledge-production services, enabling platform-based gig work to expand beyond physical tasks into cognitive and creative domains. However, automation of standardized content, task fragmentation, and algorithmic evaluation risk intensifying deskilling and value pressures on mid- to low-skilled workers, altering occupational skills structures and human–machine collaboration paradigms. The authors call for stronger governance around data rights, competency certification, social protection, and income distribution.
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Artificial intelligence for regulatory bottleneck assessment and clustering of Brazilian gold mining processes
Giovani Pavoski, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório et al.
Mineral Economics · 2026-08-19
This study applies a rule-based AI screening system and unsupervised K-Means clustering to 42,705 active Brazilian gold mining processes to identify regulatory compliance gaps. The automated analysis found that only 0.34% of processes fully met certification requirements, with environmental licensing, royalty payments, and annual reporting as the primary bottlenecks. Three distinct process profiles were identified, ranging from early artisanal requests to advanced operational permits, with compliant records concentrated in the latter cluster. The findings demonstrate how AI-driven compliance diagnostics can inform evidence-based regulatory enforcement and support ESG traceability standards in mineral supply chains.
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FIFT: Feature Importance-Guided Fairness Testing for machine learning software
Hussaini Mamman, Abdullateef Oluwagbemiga Balogun, Mustapha Maidawa et al.
Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences · 2026-08-19
FIFT is an evolutionary fairness testing method for machine learning classifiers that uses global permutation feature importance—computed once—to guide the search for pairs of inputs that differ only in a protected attribute (e.g., race, gender) but receive different predictions, a sign of individual discrimination. Across five benchmark datasets and four classifiers, FIFT finds 20.8%–190.4% more such discriminatory instances than the strongest baseline, runs 2.37×–3.1× faster than local-explanation-based methods, and cuts test redundancy by 84%–98%. Retraining models on the discovered instances improved fairness metrics by 28.6%–88.0% with negligible accuracy loss. The work directly advances software quality assurance for high-stakes ML applications in healthcare, hiring, and criminal justice.
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Losing sight of the threat: police, risk, and artificial intelligence
Cole Heffren, Lorna Ferguson, Laura Huey
Policing & Society · 2026-08-19
This study examines how Canadian police personnel perceive and respond to AI-related risks, drawing on 41 qualitative interviews with sworn and civilian officers involved in AI decision-making. The findings show that pre-existing reputational concerns lead police to adopt risk-averse strategies focused on managing public perception rather than preparing for criminal exploitation of AI—such as deepfakes, advanced phishing, and AI-driven malware. The authors argue this misalignment, framed through Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) theory, leaves law enforcement organizations vulnerable as criminal use of AI advances rapidly. The paper proposes mitigation strategies to better align police readiness with emerging AI-enabled threats.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY APPROACHES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Abduraxmonov Biloliddin Ulug'bek o'g'li, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-19
This article compares how the EU, UK, US, and international standard-setting bodies regulate AI in financial services, identifying three distinct governance models: the EU's horizontal risk-based statutory model, the UK's outcomes-focused sector-led model, and the US's distributed technology-neutral model. Despite these structural differences, the study finds convergence across jurisdictions around core principles such as accountability, data governance, human oversight, transparency, and operational resilience. The paper argues future policy should blend technology-neutral financial regulation with AI-specific controls for high-impact use cases, while improving third-party oversight, cross-border interoperability, and supervisory capacity for generative and agentic AI.
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Human-computer interaction: catalyst or drain? Dual pathways of employee creativity from a psychological resources perspective
M.-J. Chen, Wei Liu
Frontiers in Psychology · 2026-08-19
This study investigates how human-computer interaction (HCI) in AI-enabled workplaces links to employee creativity through two competing psychological pathways. Using survey data from 367 employees at digitally transforming firms and structural equation modeling, it finds that HCI can boost creativity by increasing psychological availability, but simultaneously drain creativity by contributing to burnout. Perceived organizational support strengthens the positive pathway and weakens the negative one, offering practical guidance on how organizations can design HCI environments to maximize creative potential while mitigating psychological costs.
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Bridging the socio-technical lag: a systematic literature review of regulation, collaboration, and inclusive governance in smart city infrastructure
Caoyuan Yang, U Kei Wong, Jingwen Cai et al.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities · 2026-08-19
This systematic review of 238 peer-reviewed articles examines the governance gap between fast-moving smart city technologies and slower public management institutions. Using inductive thematic coding, the authors identify three institutional tensions: regulatory risks from data harvesting and vendor lock-in, operational barriers from bureaucratic silos and information asymmetry in public-private partnerships, and normative failures around digital exclusion and spatial injustice. To address these, the study proposes the Tripartite Socio-Technical Urban Governance (T-STUG) framework and evidence-based policy instruments such as regulatory sandboxes, civic data trusts, and equity subsidies. The findings are directly relevant to policymakers navigating how to govern urban digital infrastructure more inclusively and effectively.
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Reskilling and Upskilling in the Age of Automation: Continuous Learning Strategies and Workforce Readiness in the Service Industry in Rivers State, Nigeria
Olayinka Osho
WORLD JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES · 2026-08-19
This study examines how reskilling and upskilling programs affect workforce adaptability in the service industry in Rivers State, Nigeria, amid growing automation and AI adoption. Using survey data from 261 employees and HR managers across three service-sector organizations, the research finds that digital literacy training, competency-based learning programs, and organizational learning culture each have statistically significant positive effects on workforce adaptability (β values of 0.514, 0.487, and 0.531 respectively). The findings offer actionable evidence for service firms in sub-Saharan Africa seeking to prepare their workforces for technology-driven occupational change and contribute empirical grounding to an underexplored regional context.
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Governing generative AI in digital education: how institutional guidance becomes course-level policy
Evelyn Wu
Frontiers in Education · 2026-08-19
This study examines how university-level generative AI policies translate into actual course-level rules by analyzing 35 syllabi from a large U.S. public research university. The analysis finds highly heterogeneous enactment: 11 syllabi were silent on AI use, 11 were prohibitive, and only a small number broadly permitted AI with safeguards, while none directly contradicted institutional requirements. The institutional framework delegated substantial authority to instructors, and course-level variation was shaped by assessment design, authorship expectations, and instructor discretion rather than discipline alone. The findings highlight the governance gap between institutional guidance and student-facing policy, underscoring the need for clarity and justification in AI governance at the course level.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY APPROACHES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Abduraxmonov Biloliddin Ulug'bek o'g'li, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-19
This article compares regulatory approaches to AI governance in financial services across the EU, UK, US, and international standard-setting bodies, analyzing ten official legal and supervisory sources. It identifies three distinct regulatory models—a horizontal risk-based statutory model (EU), an outcomes-focused sector-led model (UK), and a distributed technology-neutral model (US)—while finding convergence around principles like accountability, transparency, human oversight, and operational resilience. The study argues future policy should blend technology-neutral financial regulation with AI-specific controls for high-impact use cases, and strengthen third-party oversight and cross-border interoperability, particularly for generative and agentic AI.
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GenAI Assessment and Language Equity: Drawing the Line between Support and Substitution
Grace Li
Journal of Academic Ethics · 2026-08-19
This paper argues that current generative AI integrity policies in higher education create inequitable outcomes for students who use English as an additional language (EAL), because blanket prohibitions on GenAI assistance conflate legitimate language support with substantive authorship substitution. The authors develop a policy framework grounded in indirect discrimination logic and procedural fairness principles that distinguishes permissible language assistance (grammar, clarity, translation) from impermissible substitution (AI-generated reasoning, analysis, or evidence). The framework proposes purpose-based rather than tool-based governance, calibrated disclosure requirements suited to multilingual cohorts, and enforcement standards tied to proportionality and evidence rather than detection-led reasoning. The contribution is a transferable governance blueprint for universities seeking to uphold academic standards without producing cohort-skewed unfairness.
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