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The consensus emphasizes that accessibility to accurate information and diversity of speech are fundamental to a healthy information environment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000051#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Generative AI is viewed with mixed sentiment: 63% of experts fear it will solidify biases, increase harassment, and worsen misinformation, while 67% hope it will improve content detection, news reporting, and cross-cultural communication.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000051#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change disinformation"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Chile","Nigeria","India","People's Republic of China","Eastern Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["expert survey","executive summary"]},{"id":"ipie-000057","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ipie-000057","title":"世界の情報環境に関する専門家調査 （2024年）","publisher":{"name":"International Panel on the Information Environment","organization":"international-panel-on-the-information-environment"},"document_type":"executive summary","language":"ja","date_published":"2024-01","source_url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643ecb10be528d2c1da863cb/673c7f32bb5ca200d582376e_SFP2024.1%20-%20FINAL-3_JA.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 2024 IPIE expert survey of 412 researchers across 66 countries indicates a growing pessimism about the global information environment, with 63% expecting it to worsen. Experts identify social media platform owners and governments as the primary threats. While generative AI is viewed as a tool for improving journalism and content detection, there is significant concern regarding its role in amplifying harassment, bias, and misinformation. The report emphasizes the necessity of supporting independent media and improving data access for interdisciplinary research.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000057#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"To improve the information environment, 77% of experts support the promotion of free and independent media organizations. Additionally, researchers highlight significant barriers to studying the information environment, with 75% citing data access as a major challenge.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000057#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change disinformation"],"geography_discussed":["Switzerland"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["expert survey","executive summary"]},{"id":"ipie-000002","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ipie-000002","title":"Expert Survey on the Global Information Environment 2024: Searching for Solutions","publisher":{"name":"International Panel on the Information Environment","organization":"international-panel-on-the-information-environment"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024","source_url":"https://www.ipie.info/research/sfp2024-1","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 2024 IPIE expert survey of 412 researchers across 66 countries identifies the availability of accurate information and diversity of voices as the primary features of a healthy information environment. Social media platform owners, governments, and politicians are cited as the most significant threats. While generative AI is viewed as a tool that could potentially improve content detection and journalism, 63% of experts express significant concern regarding its potential to amplify misinformation, harassment, and bias. Experts in developing countries report higher levels of concern regarding AI and platform-based threats but show greater optimism toward interventions like fact-checking and media literacy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Experts identify the availability of accurate information as the most critical element of a healthy information environment, followed by diversity of voices and diversity of media ownership.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A strong majority of surveyed experts support the promotion of free and independent media as a primary method for improving the information environment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The owners of social media platforms are perceived as the greatest threat to the information environment, with local and foreign governments, politicians, and political parties also ranked as high-level threats.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Generative AI is viewed with significant apprehension, particularly regarding its ability to scale misinformation and perpetuate bias, though some experts see potential benefits for journalism and content detection.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a geographic divide in perceptions: experts in developing countries are more concerned about the negative impacts of generative AI and specific actors like politicians and platform owners, yet they are more optimistic about the efficacy of fact-checking and media literacy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000002#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change disinformation"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Chile","Nigeria","India","People's Republic of China","Western Europe","Eastern Europe","sub-Saharan Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["expert survey"]},{"id":"ipie-000003","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ipie-000003","title":"Global Approaches to Auditing Artificial Intelligence","publisher":{"name":"International Panel on the Information Environment","organization":"international-panel-on-the-information-environment"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024","source_url":"https://www.ipie.info/research/global-approaches-to-auditing-artificial-intelligence","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes the fragmented ecosystem of AI audits, distinguishing between organizational conformity assessments and academic performance evaluations. It details the roles of internal, external, and community auditors, the methodologies used—such as input variation and benchmarking—and the current state of enforceable regulations in the US, Canada, EU, UK, and China. The document argues for a more diverse, trustworthy audit ecosystem with better data access and a focus on global impacts, including environmental and labor concerns, to move beyond 'null compliance'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"AI audits are categorized into two primary orientations: organizational/institutional audits, which focus on risk and conformity to policies, and academic audits, which typically test for direct or indirect societal harms such as bias and discrimination.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies a limited number of jurisdictions with enforceable AI audit regulations: the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and China.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The EU AI Act introduces conformity assessments and post-market monitoring for high-risk AI systems, while New York City's Local Law 144 mandates bias audits for automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) using a specific 'impact ratio'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Auditors are classified by their relationship to the audited entity: internal auditors (company employees), second-party auditors (contracted by developers), external/independent auditors (academics or journalists), and community/user auditors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Audit methodologies vary by access level (black-box vs. white-box) and include input variation, benchmarking, automated comparison using other ML models, and the use of audit artifacts like model cards and data sheets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report warns of 'null compliance' and 'audit-washing', where internal or second-party audits are used to demonstrate adherence to norms without verifiable results or independent scrutiny, specifically citing the lack of public disclosure for NYC Local Law 144 audits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current AI audit regimes are criticized for being concentrated in the 'global north' and failing to account for global supply chain impacts, such as the working conditions of data annotators and the massive water and energy consumption of AI systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Comprehensive auditability is hindered by a lack of access to data and model components; the report argues that black-box access is insufficient for rigorous auditing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000003#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["human rights"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Canada","United Kingdom","People's Republic of China","New York City","Singapore","Italy","Brazil","Chile","Czech Republic","Estonia","Germany","India","Ireland","Japan","Mexico","Netherlands","Portugal","Spain","T rkiye","Uruguay"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["literature review","policy analysis"]},{"id":"ipie-000006","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ipie-000006","title":"2024 Expert Survey Results Synthesis Report 2024.2","publisher":{"name":"International Panel on the Information Environment","organization":"international-panel-on-the-information-environment"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024","source_url":"https://www.ipie.info/research/sr2024-2","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 2024 IPIE expert survey of 412 researchers across 66 countries identifies the availability of accurate information and diversity of voices as essential for a healthy information environment. Social media platform owners and politicians are viewed as the primary threats. While generative AI is seen as a risk—particularly regarding AI-generated videos—there is moderate hope for its use in content detection and journalistic support. Experts generally predict the information environment will worsen in 2025, emphasizing the need for more research outside the USA and Western democracies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Experts identify the availability of accurate information as the most critical element of a healthy information environment, with 65% labeling it as absolutely essential. Diversity of voices (42%) and diversity of media ownership (33%) were the next most important factors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The most significant threats to the information environment are powerful actors, specifically social media platform owners (64%), local governments, politicians, or parties (56%), and foreign governments, politicians, or parties (50%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram are perceived as the most threatening platforms, with 57% of experts viewing them as at least a big threat. 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Experts are most concerned (63%) about AI's potential to amplify harassment, perpetuate biases, and increase the persuasiveness of misinformation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite concerns, 67% of experts are at least moderately hopeful that generative AI will improve content detection, assist journalists, enhance cross-cultural communication, and personalize reliable information.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Experts favor system-level interventions to improve the information environment, most notably supporting free and independent media (77% in favor or strongly in favor) and adopting digital and media literacy training (67% in favor or strongly in favor).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a pessimistic outlook for the near future, with 63% of experts confident that the information environment in their country of expertise will worsen in 2025, an increase from 54% in the 2023 survey.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The research community identifies the most essential future direction for the field as collecting more data outside the USA and Western democracies, a priority cited by 50% of experts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ipie-000006#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change disinformation"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Chile","Nigeria","India","People's Republic of China","Western Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["expert survey","synthesis report"]},{"id":"ipie-000013","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ipie-000013","title":"IPIE SUBMISSION TO THE UN AI ADVISORY BODY: RESPONSE TO THE INTERIM REPORT ON GOVERNING AI FOR HUMANITY","publisher":{"name":"International Panel on the Information Environment","organization":"international-panel-on-the-information-environment"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2024","source_url":"https://www.ipie.info/research/tp2024-2","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The IPIE argues that AI audits are the primary mechanism to operationalize governance, moving beyond simple transparency to ensure human rights compliance and the fair distribution of AI benefits. 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