R0031/2026-03-29/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: All four sub-assertions confirmed by primary sources. The KPMG/University of Melbourne study (2025) reports exactly these figures from 48,340 respondents across 47 countries.
Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | 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 5-domain audit (process + source verification) |
Hypotheses
| ID |
Hypothesis |
Status |
| H1 |
Claim is accurate as stated |
Supported |
| H2 |
Claim is partially correct |
Eliminated |
| H3 |
Claim is materially wrong |
Eliminated |
Searches
| ID |
Target |
Results |
Selected |
| S01 |
KPMG/Melbourne trust survey statistics |
10 |
2 |
Sources
| Source |
Description |
Reliability |
Relevance |
| SRC01 |
KPMG International press release |
High |
High |
| SRC02 |
KPMG Australia insights page |
High |
High |
Revisit Triggers
- Publication of next annual KPMG/Melbourne trust survey (expected 2026)
- Any retraction or correction of the 2025 study findings