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Search 522 examples of AI at work.

The examples range from planning offices to bridge inspections. Each one gives a short summary: who did what, where and when, and how well it is evidenced.

The full collection goes further: the original sources, my assessment of what each case supports and where it falls short, and examples not published here. Ask me about it.

What does evidence strength mean?

Strong: actual use, a completed test or substantive investigation supports a defensible central finding with an appropriate method. Moderate: concrete work is documented, but important gaps remain in the central result or validation. Signal: mainly intention, promotion or an inadequately established AI application. Positive and negative findings face the same test. Strength does not measure the size of a claimed benefit; independent evaluation is identified separately.

Predictive AI spots, forecasts and optimises, for example image recognition, leak detection and scheduling. Generative AI writes and creates, for example chat assistants and drafting. A few cases use both; for some, the source does not say. A location can be an organisation’s office rather than the site of the work. Want a deeper analysis? Ask the database your question.

Selected positive examples are a curated list across evidence strengths, with the reported finding, provenance and limit shown separately. Other cases have not been classified as negative. All cases and qualified figures remain available.

This is a curated collection of what has been published, not a count of deployments or proven benefits.

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