C001¶


Research	R0031 — Plural Voice Claims Blind
Run	2026-03-27
Claim	C001

Claim: Public trust in AI sits at 46% globally, with 39% in advanced economies versus 57% in emerging ones (attributed to KPMG/University of Melbourne, 48,340 respondents across 47 countries).

BLUF: The claim is substantially confirmed. The KPMG/University of Melbourne study reports 46% global trust, 47 countries, and the 39%/57% advanced/emerging split appears in regional materials. The only discrepancy is the respondent count: press materials say "over 48,000" rather than the precise 48,340.

Probability: Very likely (80-95%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 4-domain process audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	Claim is exactly accurate as stated	Inconclusive
H2	Claim is substantially correct with minor precision differences	Supported
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	KPMG/Melbourne AI trust study	10	2

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	KPMG/Melbourne press release	High	High

Revisit Triggers¶

Publication of next annual wave of the KPMG/Melbourne trust survey
Access to full report PDF to verify exact respondent count of 48,340