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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

Technology and AI

Approved public versions are listed newest first. Drafts, unsuccessful generation attempts, and versions not yet published through this Research Insight are excluded.

Approved public versions

  1. Version 70

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 69.

  2. Version 69

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version — no prior revisions to compare. This synthesis reproduces protected executive and claim passages verbatim where required and integrates additional reviewed evidence records explicitly cited in each paragraph per the audit instructions. No external evidence beyond the supplied reviewed records was used.

    • Publications: 28 (-9)
    • Evidence statements: 121 (-24)
    • Cited sources: 28 (-9)

    Sources added: Forensic footprints in digital love: Unveiling romance scams with Maltego and machine learning.

    Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Analyzing Modern Scam Typologies: From Pig-Butchering and Nigerian Advance-Fee Fraud to Crypto Airdrop Schemes; An exploration of the motivations of catfish perpetrators and the emotions and feelings expressed by catfish victims using automated linguistic analysis and thematic analysis; Cyberfraud and the implications for effective risk-based responses: themes from UK research; and 6 more.

  3. Version 68

    Initial version: This synthesis was prepared as the first version and integrates the supplied, human‑curated evidence on digital platforms, automation, AI/deepfakes, and pig‑butchering. No prior‑version changes apply.

    • Publications: 37 (-14)
    • Evidence statements: 145 (-42)
    • Cited sources: 37 (-14)

    Sources added: Analyzing Modern Scam Typologies: From Pig-Butchering and Nigerian Advance-Fee Fraud to Crypto Airdrop Schemes; An exploration of the motivations of catfish perpetrators and the emotions and feelings expressed by catfish victims using automated linguistic analysis and thematic analysis; Cyberfraud and the implications for effective risk-based responses: themes from UK research; Dating with Scambots: Understanding the Ecosystem of Fraudulent Dating Applications; and 7 more.

    Sources removed: A Legal Analysis on Online Fraud Using Fake Identity; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Catfishing on Social Media: A Criminal Law And Islamic Criminal Law Analysis In Jambi; Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims; and 21 more.

  4. Version 67

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 66.

  5. Version 66

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 51 (-9)
    • Evidence statements: 187 (-21)
    • Cited sources: 51 (-9)

    Sources removed: A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; CHAPTER 10 The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims; Modus Operandi and Blockchain Analysis of Romance Scams: Cryptocurrency-Driven Victimization; and 5 more.

  6. Version 65

    Initial version: this synthesis is the first version produced for the controlled topic "Technology and AI" and is based only on the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior‑version evidence changes were applied.

    • Publications: 60 (+30)
    • Evidence statements: 208 (+98)
    • Cited sources: 60 (+30)

    Sources added: A Legal Analysis on Online Fraud Using Fake Identity; A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; Catfishing on Social Media: A Criminal Law And Islamic Criminal Law Analysis In Jambi; and 33 more.

    Sources removed: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; Catching a Catfish; Facebook as a Tool of Catfishing: An Analytical Study of University Students; From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud; and 3 more.

  7. Version 64

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 110 (-16)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-6)

    Sources removed: Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; Online Romance Scammers; Romance Scamming: Uncovering the Transnational Crime and Legal Challenges; The charade of discreetness: Exploring the paradoxical lifestyles of romance fraudsters; and 2 more.

  8. Version 63

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 36 (-4)
    • Evidence statements: 126 (-14)
    • Cited sources: 36 (-4)

    Sources added: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Catching a Catfish; Facebook as a Tool of Catfishing: An Analytical Study of University Students; and 9 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims; and 13 more.

  9. Version 62

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 61.

  10. Version 61

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version: complete replacement synthesised from the supplied evidence. This version preserves all protected passages verbatim where required and corrects two audited methodological claims. Specifically, the methodological-description paragraph was narrowed to avoid asserting court-judgment coding and OSINT-prototype presence without direct supporting records (now supported by evidence IDs 162, 7008, 8699, 9434). The future-priorities paragra...

    • Publications: 40 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 140 (-2)
    • Cited sources: 40 (-1)

    Sources removed: HeartGuard VR: Immersive Romance Scam Education.

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