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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 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Version 17

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

    • Publications: 36 (-3)
    • Evidence statements: 135 (-6)
    • Cited sources: 36 (-3)

    Sources removed: Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Pig Butchering in Cybersecurity: A Modern Social Engineering Threat; The charade of discreetness: Exploring the paradoxical lifestyles of romance fraudsters.

  5. Version 16

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  6. Version 15

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 39 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 141 (-10)
    • Cited sources: 39 (-6)

    Sources removed: Analysis of the Romance Scam Phenomenon in Interpersonal Communication of Love Scammer & Victim; Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Persuasive Schemes for Financial Exploitation in Online Romance Scam: An Anatomy on Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘) in China; and 2 more.

  7. Version 14

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 45 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 151 (-6)
    • Cited sources: 45 (-1)

    Sources added: Analysis of the Romance Scam Phenomenon in Interpersonal Communication of Love Scammer & Victim; 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; and 9 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; Explore the Causes of Crime and Social Impact of Romance Fraud in Mainland China from 2019–2021; and 10 more.

  8. Version 13

    Automated claim-level support repair of 1 passage from synthesis version 12.

  9. Version 12

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  10. Version 11

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 46 (-8)
    • Evidence statements: 157 (-30)
    • Cited sources: 46 (-8)

    Sources added: Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; ROMANCE AND RUIN: THE INTERPLAY OF FINANCIAL LOSS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG LOVE SCAM VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES; The Gamification of Online Romance Fraud through Offenders’ Cards; and 1 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of the Romance Scam Phenomenon in Interpersonal Communication of Love Scammer & Victim; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Leveraging Naive Bayesian Machine Learning for Detecting Pig Butchering Scams: A Cybersecurity Social Engineering Perspective in Africa; Love, Lies, and Larceny: One Hundred Convicted Case Files of Cybercriminals with Eighty Involving Online Romance Fraud; and 9 more.

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