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Use of Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Medicine and Criminal Investigation: A Critical Analysis
VIMAL JHA
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research · 2026-08-09
This paper critically evaluates the use of AI across forensic medicine and criminal investigation, covering applications such as post-mortem image screening, histopathology classification, digital evidence prioritization, identity verification, and manipulated media detection. The authors argue that high aggregate accuracy is insufficient to ensure justice, identifying risks including base rate errors, domain shift, feedback loops, adversarial manipulation, and automation bias that can convert small technical failures into serious miscarriages of justice. The paper proposes a risk-tiered assurance model requiring that high-stakes AI systems—such as biometric identification, cause-of-death suggestion, and predictive policing—undergo independent testing, human authorization, validation, disclosure, monitoring, and meaningful contestability. The core recommendation is that AI should complement, not replace, informed forensic decision-making.
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Standardized Framework for Evaluating Language Quality of Chinese Large Language Models
Aijia Zhong, Lei Li
Journal of ICT Standardization · 2026-08-09
This paper proposes a standardized evaluation framework for assessing the language quality of Chinese large language models (CLLMs), distinguishing language quality from general capability. The framework integrates a layered quality model, scenario-driven test specifications, multi-source evidence collection (automated metrics, expert review, and LLM-as-a-judge), and governance structures aligned with AI standards practice. It targets both research benchmarking and practical deployment contexts, including enterprise acceptance testing and sector-specific extensions, and is designed as a blueprint for formal standardization within the ICT and AI quality ecosystem.
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Beyond Code Generation: AI Across the Product Development Lifecycle
Iuliia Mineeva
American Impact Review · 2026-08-09
This comparative case study of a lean technology startup found that AI tools supported every stage of product development—from market research and requirements to coding, testing, documentation, and post-release improvement—reducing overall labor effort by 35.8% in the AI-assisted project. The largest gains appeared in research, requirements preparation, documentation, and design, with software development and testing also improving. The study is notable for examining AI impact across the full product lifecycle rather than just code generation, showing that startup teams can work more efficiently while retaining human judgment for key decisions.
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GATE-5G: From Prediction to Permission in AI-Assisted 5G Networks
Yasir Siddiq, Sadaf Anwar
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-09
GATE-5G proposes a technical governance framework that conditions operational authority for AI outputs in 5G/6G networks on explicit runtime evidence—including provenance, calibration state, confidence measures, and applicable policy—rather than granting authority simply because a model produced an output. The memo advocates for fail-closed behavior when critical assurance evidence is absent, bounded authority scopes, and explicit human-approval boundaries for consequential decisions, alongside tamper-evident audit trails. It is designed to complement existing frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act, as well as telecom standards like ETSI ZSM and 3GPP. The proposal matters because it addresses how autonomous network management systems should be governed to remain trustworthy and accountable as AI autonomy increases in critical telecommunications infrastructure.
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GATE-5G: From Prediction to Permission in AI-Assisted 5G Networks
Yasir Siddiq, Sadaf Anwar
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-09
GATE-5G proposes a technical governance framework for AI-assisted 5G and 6G network management that conditions operational authority on runtime evidence rather than granting it automatically based on model output alone. The memo argues AI inferences should earn authorization by satisfying checks on provenance, calibration, confidence, distributional validity, and applicable policy before being permitted to take consequential network actions. It recommends fail-closed behavior when critical assurance evidence is absent, bounded authority scopes, and explicit human-approval boundaries for high-stakes decisions. The framework is positioned as complementary to existing governance standards including NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, the EU AI Act, and 3GPP management specifications.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Economy: Impact on Employment, Productivity, and Market Structures
Dr. Snehal Mistry, Siddharth Thakkar
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-09
This systematic literature review synthesizes 78 peer-reviewed studies and institutional reports (2015–2025) to assess AI's economic impacts across employment, productivity, and market structures. The review finds that AI creates a dual labor market effect—displacing routine jobs while generating new AI-complementary roles—with net positive but unequally distributed employment outcomes. Firm-level productivity gains are significant but depend on complementary organizational investment, and aggregate effects are delayed. AI also intensifies market concentration through data-driven network effects, with policy implications spanning labor transition, competition regulation, and digital governance.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Economy: Impact on Employment, Productivity, and Market Structures
Dr. Snehal Mistry, Siddharth Thakkar
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-08-09
This systematic literature review synthesizes 78 peer-reviewed studies and institutional reports (2015–2025) to assess AI's economic impacts across employment, productivity, and market structures. The review finds that AI creates a dual labor market effect—displacing routine jobs while generating new AI-complementary roles—with net positive but unequally distributed employment outcomes. Firm-level productivity gains are significant but depend on complementary organizational investment, and aggregate effects are delayed. The paper also finds that AI intensifies market concentration through data-driven network effects, with policy implications spanning labor transition, competition regulation, and digital governance.
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SuperLocalMemory 4.0: The Governed Memory Operating System for AI Agents
Varun Pratap Bhardwaj, Garima Singh, Arun Pratap Bhardwaj
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026-08-08
SuperLocalMemory 4.0 presents a governed, local-first memory operating system designed for AI agents that integrates multiple retrieval mechanisms, role-based access control, GDPR-oriented data management, and EU AI Act compliance features into a unified system. The paper evaluates reliability through 2,200 deterministic fault-injection repetitions, all of which upheld their scoped component properties, and reports a governed write latency of 3.522 ms at p50 versus 1.835 ms for the ungoverned baseline—a control-plane overhead of roughly 1.7 ms. The system addresses the fragmentation problem of assembling durable agent memory from separate retrieval, governance, and operational parts, offering audit trails, verifiable memory transactions, and verified erasure. This matters for enterprise AI deployment and policy compliance, as it demonstrates a concrete architecture for governing AI agent memory under existing regulatory frameworks such as GDPR and the EU AI Act.
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Compositional Threat Analysis of Latent Compromise in LLM Agent Systems: The Order 66 Scenario
Satoshi Matsuoka
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026-08-08
This paper introduces a compositional security framework for analyzing multi-stage attacks on tool-using LLM agent systems, inspired by the 'Order 66' fictional mechanism where a trusted population is preconditioned and later activated by a short trigger. The authors model how three components—dormant destructive rules embedded in shared artifacts, a later activation signal, and an agent harness with operational authority—are individually non-catastrophic but jointly enable correlated destructive action. They identify three population-reach routes (release-time pre-positioning, durable post-release seeding, and peer replication) and show that standard defenses like checkpoint scanning or prompt filtering cannot close every attack route. The analysis finds no public incident traversing the complete attack chain as of August 2026, but concludes the scenario is componentwise credible and that capability mediation, durable-state provenance, propagation isolation, and protected recovery are the strongest mitigations.
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Generative AI in Higher Education: Global Trends, Challenges, and Policy Implications
Redouan Baghit, Faisal Rahman, Ho P.H Vu et al.
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications · 2026-08-08
This paper analyzes four public survey datasets—including a global sample of 23,218 students across 110 countries—to assess how students in higher education use generative AI tools like ChatGPT and what challenges arise. It finds that 71.4% of the global sample had used ChatGPT for tasks such as brainstorming, summarizing, and research assistance, while usage intensity and institutional policy awareness varied by region. A recurring cross-regional pattern, termed 'experienced dependency,' involves students reporting reduced verification behavior and self-perceived overreliance on AI. The paper argues institutions should track adoption, ethical concern, and experienced dependency as distinct dimensions, with implications for policy development and faculty training.
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A Scalable Vertical ASRS Architecture for SMEs with AI-Based Maintenance Support and Retrieval Optimization
Dhanashri M.Biradar, Raushan Kumar, Govind Singh Patel
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications · 2026-08-08
This paper proposes a simulation framework for making vertical automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRSs) more accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by addressing cost, maintenance, and retrieval efficiency. The framework includes a cost/scalability model showing 12% controller CAPEX savings with a hybrid fail-safe stack, an AI-based Random Forest classifier achieving 91.7% accuracy for maintenance alert categorization, and a priority-aware retrieval scheduler that cuts journey distance by 59.7% and priority-weighted completion time by 8.9% versus FIFO. The authors note the results are preliminary simulation evidence with no field validation or safety certification. These findings are relevant to enterprise adoption of warehouse automation and quality-assurance of automated systems in SME contexts.
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Autonomous AI in prostate cancer: the road ahead towards clinical implementation
Lisa D. Koopmans, Fernando Vega Lara, Christian Roest et al.
Abdominal Radiology · 2026-08-08
This narrative review examines why autonomous AI for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI has not yet been adopted in clinical practice despite achieving radiologist-level diagnostic performance. The authors identify three key barrier domains: gaps in the evidence base (need for large multicenter prospective trials), safety concerns around deployment-time data mismatches, and low acceptance among patients and radiologists. The review argues that responsible clinical implementation requires improved evaluation frameworks, monitoring safeguards, greater transparency, targeted education, and clearer medico-legal guidelines.
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From challenge to change: Design principles for AI transformations
Theocharis Tavantzis, Stefano Lambiase, Daniel Russo et al.
Journal of Systems and Software · 2026-08-08
This paper presents a human-centric, nine-dimension framework to guide software engineering organizations through early AI adoption, grounded in behavioral software engineering principles. Built via literature review, practitioner interviews, a survey of 105 respondents, and two expert workshops, the framework covers dimensions from AI Strategy Design to Up-skilling and Governance. Survey results show that Up-skilling and AI Strategy Design received the highest priority allocations, while human-centered guardrails remain underdeveloped in practice. The work offers actionable guidance for managing the socio-technical complexity of AI transformation in enterprise software teams.
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Generative AI, ESG Competencies and Workforce Readiness: Examining Future Skills Development among University Students in Emerging Economies
Tanzina Islam Chowdhury Synthia, Kazi Farhana Yeasmin, Mohammad Khairul Islam Juman
International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development · 2026-08-08
This study examines how Generative AI adoption among 300 university students in Bangladesh affects workforce readiness, future skills development, and ESG competencies. Using regression and mediation analysis, the findings show that Generative AI adoption significantly improves all three outcomes, and that ESG competencies partially mediate the relationship between AI adoption and both workforce readiness and future skills development. The authors conclude that universities and policymakers in emerging economies should integrate responsible AI use and sustainability-oriented competencies into curricula to better prepare graduates for technology-driven labor markets.
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Optimizing Marketing Operations with Artificial Intelligence and Information Technologies
Hassan Ali Al-Ababneh, Ibrahim Alkhaldy, Mohammed Abd-alkarim Almomani et al.
International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology · 2026-08-08
This paper proposes a stochastic optimization framework for digital marketing budget allocation that combines AI-based revenue estimation (gradient boosting regression) with risk-aware optimization (sample average approximation across 1,000 Monte Carlo scenarios). Tested on corporate marketing and financial data from Amazon, Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Nike over 2019–2023, the model reportedly improves marketing ROI from 1.00 to 1.23, reduces revenue volatility by 26%, and cuts downside revenue loss (10% VaR) from -18.2% to -10.4%. The findings offer enterprises a structured, repeatable decision-support tool for marketing resource allocation under uncertainty.
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Large Language Models and Social Media Information Integrity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research Directions
Junjie Xiong, Zhuo Jiang, Xiaoran Xu et al.
ACM Computing Surveys · 2026-08-08
This systematic review surveys 215 papers (screened from 1,048 studies, 2019–2024) on how large language models (LLMs) affect information integrity on social media. The authors find that LLMs play a dual role: they can improve detection of misinformation, fake news, and social bots, but also enable generation of highly convincing deceptive content. The review identifies critical gaps in cross-lingual detection, real-time monitoring, and privacy-preserving implementations, and proposes future research directions for stakeholders seeking to harness LLMs while managing their risks.
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Teacher Readiness and School Infrastructure in Implementing AI Integrated Programming Learning in Junior High School: A Systematic Literature Review
Alnawati Alnawati
Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Instructional Media · 2026-08-08
This systematic literature review synthesizes 15 peer-reviewed articles to assess teacher readiness and school infrastructure for AI-integrated programming instruction in junior high schools. Key findings show that fewer than one-third of teachers report adequate AI training, and a significant digital divide exists between OECD and non-OECD countries, compounding infrastructure inequities. The review identifies tension between technological optimism and socio-cultural resistance among educators, and concludes that successful AI integration requires continuous professional development, equitable infrastructure, and policy frameworks addressing data privacy and ethical AI use.
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Opening the black box of data center electricity consumption forecasting: An application of system dynamics modeling to Northern Virginia
Rémi Paccou, Fons Wijnhoven
Sustainable Futures · 2026-08-08
This paper develops a system dynamics model to forecast data center electricity consumption in Northern Virginia—the world's largest data center market—where data centers already account for roughly 25% of regional electricity use. The model explicitly incorporates feedback dynamics such as time delays, regulatory responses, and rebound effects driven by AI and Generative AI demand growth, which static institutional forecasts from bodies like JLARC, EPRI, and IEA omit. Results show that under multiple scenarios the anticipated reserve margin falls below the 17.7% reference margin level within 3–5 years, with data centers potentially reaching 36–40% of total regional electricity consumption by 2031. The findings matter for policy because they reveal that static forecasts systematically underestimate the timing challenge of maintaining grid adequacy, and that even with regulatory feedback, a four-year overshoot period below safe reserve margins is likely due to the asymmetry between fast demand growth and slow supply expansion.
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Artificial Intelligence Fintech and the Interaction between Digital and Traditional Finance in Expanding Financial Inclusion among Underserved United States Communities
Iyedolapo Ajewole
American Journal of Financial Technology and Innovation · 2026-08-08
This paper analyzes how AI-enhanced financial technology (FinTech) platforms affect financial inclusion for over 22 million unbanked and 47 million underbanked adults in underserved U.S. communities. Drawing on panel data from FDIC, Federal Reserve, CFPB, and FCC surveys covering 50,400 census tracts across 2015, 2019, and 2023, the authors construct a composite Financial Inclusion Index and find that AI-FinTech penetration has a strong positive effect on inclusion, with a threshold effect at an index value of 0.387 beyond which marginal returns diminish. Notably, digital and traditional finance act as complements rather than substitutes—community banks and credit unions adopting AI-enabled services produce a multiplicative inclusion effect compared to digital-only or branch-only models. The authors propose policy interventions including regulatory sandbox expansion, broadband investment, Community Reinvestment Act modernization, and algorithm fairness requirements.
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Multimodal artificial intelligence agents in healthcare: a scoping review
Kai Yu, Shuang Zhou, Yu Hou et al.
npj Digital Medicine · 2026-08-08
This scoping review examines 37 peer-reviewed studies (2022–2025) on multimodal AI agents in healthcare, covering clinical decision support, documentation, monitoring, and medical education. The review finds that current systems are predominantly text-centric, rely heavily on closed-source foundation models, and remain at prototype or early evaluation stages. Evidence on safety, fairness, and real-world deployment is limited, leading the authors to conclude these systems should be treated as emerging augmentative tools requiring stronger validation before clinical translation.
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ChatGPT and Large Language Models in Contemporary Nursing
Izabella Uchmanowicz, Heba Aldossary, Christopher S. Lee et al.
Journal of Clinical Nursing · 2026-08-08
This narrative review synthesizes evidence on ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) across nursing education, clinical practice, and workflow management. The review finds LLMs can serve as adaptive learning tools and reduce documentation burden, but hallucination rates remain clinically significant, performance degrades in complex scenarios, and risks around algorithmic bias and academic integrity persist. The authors conclude LLMs should augment rather than replace nursing judgment, and call for AI literacy curricula, institution-governed deployment frameworks, mandatory human-in-the-loop verification, and longitudinal patient safety research. Nurses are urged to actively shape responsible AI adoption in healthcare.
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<b>Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Roles of Mathematics Teachers: A Systematic Literature Review</b><b></b>
Vaijayanti Aphale, Ketki Kher, Dr. Vijayanta Bhurale et al.
Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability · 2026-08-08
This systematic literature review synthesizes 41 empirical studies to examine how AI is reshaping the professional roles of mathematics teachers. Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines and drawing from nine major academic databases, the authors identify seven domains of role transformation—ranging from traditional roles retained due to inequitable AI access, to emerging AI-related and corrective roles addressing AI-generated content limitations. The findings are consolidated into an AI-Driven Mathematics Teacher Role Transformation Framework, with implications for teacher education, educational policy, school leadership, and human–AI collaboration in mathematics education.
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Attitudes on AI Adoptions: Input to Policy Formulation
Ramil Santos
International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology · 2026-08-08
This study examines AI adoption across four higher education institutions in Bulacan, Philippines, finding that students, teachers, and administrators are already using generative AI for tasks like brainstorming, editing, lesson development, and documentation—despite the absence of national policy guidance. The research identifies significant concerns including plagiarism, over-reliance on AI, and loss of original thought. Using grounded theory and the Delphi method, the authors conclude there is a clear need for a context-specific national policy framework to govern AI use in Philippine higher education consistently and fairly.
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Pan-retinal pathology detection in oct scans integrating natural language synthesis with diagnostic annotation
Wangting Li, Weihao Gao, Lu Chen et al.
npj Digital Medicine · 2026-08-08
iOCT is an AI system for analyzing retinal OCT scans that combines multi-level diagnostic annotation with automated natural language report generation. Trained on over 107,000 macular OCT scans across 1.29 million images, it achieved a mean AUC of 0.988 for diagnostic classification and matched junior ophthalmologist speed and report quality in a prospective 10-hospital validation of nearly 9,000 cases. Integrated reports reached physician-level quality in 96.4% of cases, with the largest improvements at previously lower-performing centers. The authors argue iOCT is ready for deployment to support large-scale retinal disease screening in primary care settings where specialist access is limited.
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AI innovation and labor market polarization: Evidence from European regions
Antonio Minniti, Klaus Prettner, Francesco Venturini
Economics Letters · 2026-08-07
Using European regional labor-market data and a CES production framework, this paper finds that AI innovation reduces the relative wage-cost ratio between high- and low-skilled workers by nearly 7 percent on average, with effects split between wage and employment adjustments. The results are strongest in regions of countries highly specialized in AI technologies. The authors conclude that AI may weaken the relative position of high-skilled workers, potentially counteracting the labor-market polarization trend observed over more than two centuries of technological change.
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