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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 27

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 42 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 146 (-4)
    • Cited sources: 42 (-1)

    Sources added: LOVE SCAMS ISSUES IN MALAYSIA: HOW TO OVERCOME IT FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE; Online Romance in the 21st Century; What Money Can Do: Examining the Effects of Rewards on Online Romance Fraudsters’ Deceptive Strategies.

    Sources removed: An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud; Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; The Gamification of Online Romance Fraud through Offenders’ Cards.

  2. Version 26

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 43 (+16)
    • Evidence statements: 150 (+34)
    • Cited sources: 43 (+16)

    Sources added: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Catfishing on Social Media: A Criminal Law And Islamic Criminal Law Analysis In Jambi; and 21 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Evaluating Jailbreak Vulnerabilities in LLMs: A Taxonomy and Comparative Analysis in Romance Fraud Scenarios; and 5 more.

  3. Version 25

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 24.

  4. Version 24

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  5. Version 23

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version. This synthesis reproduces the mandated protected summary and selected protected paragraphs verbatim and constructs a complete replacement synthesis that limits claims to those directly supported by the supplied, reviewed evidence. No previous-version evidence additions or deletions beyond the audit constraints were introduced.

    • Evidence statements: 116 (+5)

    Sources added: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering.

    Sources removed: “You’re not alone”: the use of peer support groups for fraud victims.

  6. Version 22

    Initial version: synthesizes the provided evidence corpus on digital platforms, automation, AI/deepfakes, and crypto-enabled hybrid fraud. No prior-version evidence changes to report.

    • Publications: 27 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 111 (-17)
    • Cited sources: 27 (-1)

    Sources added: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Mapping Computer Mediated Communication Theories and Persuasive Strategies in Analysing Online Dating Romance Scam; Persuasive Schemes for Financial Exploitation in Online Romance Scam: An Anatomy on Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘) in China; and 6 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Catfishing on Social Media: A Criminal Law And Islamic Criminal Law Analysis In Jambi; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Online Romance in the 21st Century; and 7 more.

  7. Version 21

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 28 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 128 (-17)
    • Cited sources: 28 (-6)

    Sources removed: Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims; HeartGuard VR: Immersive Romance Scam Education; Online romance scams and victimhood; The Gamification of Online Romance Fraud through Offenders’ Cards; and 2 more.

  8. Version 20

    Initial version: this synthesis is the first version and compiles the reviewed evidence records supplied for the controlled topic 'Technology and AI'. No prior-version evidence changes apply.

    • Publications: 34 (-9)
    • Evidence statements: 145 (-7)
    • Cited sources: 34 (-9)

    Sources added: 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; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Evaluating Jailbreak Vulnerabilities in LLMs: A Taxonomy and Comparative Analysis in Romance Fraud Scenarios; and 5 more.

    Sources removed: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 14 more.

  9. Version 19

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version — complete replacement synthesis produced to comply with audit corrections and protected‑passage requirements. This is the first published synthesis in this controlled revision attempt; no earlier corrected version is supplied.

    • Publications: 43 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 152 (-14)
    • Cited sources: 43 (-6)

    Sources added: Paradoks Hukum Rekayasa Sosial Pig Butchering Scam Dalam Investasi Digital Aset Kripto; ROMANCE AND RUIN: THE INTERPLAY OF FINANCIAL LOSS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG LOVE SCAM VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    Sources removed: Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘); Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; and 4 more.

  10. Version 18

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 49 (+13)
    • Evidence statements: 166 (+31)
    • Cited sources: 49 (+13)

    Sources added: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘); Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud; and 20 more.

    Sources removed: 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; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Leveraging Naive Bayesian Machine Learning for Detecting Pig Butchering Scams: A Cybersecurity Social Engineering Perspective in Africa; and 7 more.

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