Trend · rank 135 of 250

Algorithmic accountability & bias

Automated decisions in welfare, policing, lending and hiring can reproduce bias from data and models, increasing demands for audit, explanation and redress that test the capacity of courts and oversight bodies.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governanceaiinequalityinstitutions

Second pass: Added in the second pass. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
135of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 146
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
31.3rank 142
Eigenvector
20.1
Betweenness
8.1
Links
11trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
19.4

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
120
Over a year
−1%Steady
Over three years
+103%
Peak
16817 May 2026
Sources
Bothagreement 0.81
Coverage
5languages · 56 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (5 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English90%101−11%
Spanish4%113+30%
French3%91+6%
Japanese2%160+97%
Portuguese1%126−14%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

South Korea

China

United States

Netherlands

Australia

Canada

United Kingdom

United Arab Emirates

India

New Zealand

Ireland

100

96

88

52

42

36

33

30

29

26

26

25

The 12 highest of 56 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English106−29%−13%+54%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in French103−32%+20%+53%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese160−2%+74%+162%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country132−13%+20%+156%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese82−18%−28%−9%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle57−36%−49%−45%
AustraliaGoogle108−59%+11%+233%
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese126−30%−14%+129%
CanadaGoogle103−50%+0%+95%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French90−20%−3%+1%
GermanyGoogle115−46%+41%+116%
IndiaGoogle132−13%+20%+156%
IndonesiaGoogle255+9%+101%+2331%
ItalyGoogle160−39%+106%+1018%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese130−15%+61%+74%
South KoreaGoogle109−41%+8%+54%
MexicoGoogle43−12%−47%−67%
United KingdomGoogle126−30%+54%+110%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English107−27%−15%+57%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
3 · ModerateAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighPublic-sector AI adoptionState capacity & governance75
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
3 · ModerateAdaptive regulationState capacity & governance33
3 · ModerateData protection & digital rightsState capacity & governance44
3 · ModerateCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
3 · ModerateAI safety & governanceState capacity & governance69
3 · ModerateInformal employment persistencePeople, health & work84
3 · ModerateFoundational learning deficitsPeople, health & work162
3 · ModerateDigital language representation gapsInformation & trust193