What World Solve is
World Solve is a living, citable index of unsolved problems — written one line at a time by Team Humans Club, a global collective of builders, researchers, and entrepreneurs. We do not solve the problems here. We Democratize Innovation.
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We can't yet build technology that reliably detects when someone is being coached or assisted by AI during a live video interview.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
As AI tools become more capable of providing real-time answer suggestions, detecting this kind of undisclosed assistance during interviews or exams remains technically difficult. This creates growing concerns about the integrity of remote assessments.
Citation ID: WS00806
Title: We can't yet build technology that reliably detects when someone is being coached or assisted by AI during a live video interview.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=806
We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI-generated fake resumes and portfolios from fooling automated hiring systems.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Job seekers or bad actors can use AI to fabricate convincing but false work samples or credentials, and automated hiring tools don't always catch these fabrications before they influence hiring decisions. Building reliable verification into these systems remains an unresolved challenge.
Citation ID: WS00805
Title: We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI-generated fake resumes and portfolios from fooling automated hiring systems.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=805
We haven't solved how to prevent large-scale credential leaks from remaining searchable and exploitable on the dark web for years.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Once login credentials are leaked in a breach, they often remain accessible and exploitable for attackers on illicit marketplaces for years afterward, long after the original breach was reported. Meaningfully reducing this lingering exposure remains unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00804
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent large-scale credential leaks from remaining searchable and exploitable on the dark web for years.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=804
We can't build fully reliable detection systems for AI-generated fake audio used in political disinformation.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Fake audio clips of political figures making statements they never actually said can spread quickly, and current detection tools don't always catch high-quality fakes before real damage to public understanding occurs. Improving detection speed and reliability remains urgent and unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00803
Title: We can't build fully reliable detection systems for AI-generated fake audio used in political disinformation.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=803
We don't have a widely adopted way to prevent software companies from silently degrading product features after gaining a dominant market position.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Once a company achieves significant market dominance, it can sometimes reduce quality or add restrictions with little competitive consequence, since users have few comparable alternatives. Preventing this kind of unchecked degradation remains an unresolved market structure issue.
Citation ID: WS00802
Title: We don't have a widely adopted way to prevent software companies from silently degrading product features after gaining a dominant market position.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=802
We haven't found a way to prevent phishing emails generated by AI from becoming nearly indistinguishable from legitimate business communication.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI can now craft phishing emails with perfect grammar and highly personalized context that closely mimic real business correspondence, making them far harder for both people and filters to catch. Staying ahead of this improving deception remains an unresolved challenge.
Citation ID: WS00801
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent phishing emails generated by AI from becoming nearly indistinguishable from legitimate business communication.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=801
We can't yet build affordable technology to detect structural weaknesses in aging bridges and buildings before failure occurs.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Many aging pieces of infrastructure lack continuous, affordable monitoring systems capable of detecting subtle structural problems well before they become dangerous. Making this kind of predictive monitoring widely affordable remains an unresolved engineering challenge.
Citation ID: WS00800
Title: We can't yet build affordable technology to detect structural weaknesses in aging bridges and buildings before failure occurs.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=800
We don't have a reliable way to prevent malicious actors from exploiting AI image generators to create fake evidence for legal disputes.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI-generated images can be crafted to appear as authentic evidence in legal contexts, and forensic tools for reliably detecting this kind of fabrication haven't fully caught up. This creates a growing risk to the integrity of legal proceedings.
Citation ID: WS00799
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent malicious actors from exploiting AI image generators to create fake evidence for legal disputes.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=799
We haven't solved how to prevent AI voice assistants from misinterpreting commands in noisy or multilingual households.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Voice assistants can still struggle to accurately understand commands in households with background noise, multiple speakers, or mixed languages, leading to frustrating and sometimes unsafe misunderstandings. Improving this reliability remains an ongoing technical challenge.
Citation ID: WS00798
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent AI voice assistants from misinterpreting commands in noisy or multilingual households.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=798
We can't build fully reliable systems to detect when a company's internal data has been quietly leaked or sold without authorization.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Data can sometimes leave an organization through informal channels or unauthorized access long before any official breach is detected. Faster, more reliable internal leak detection remains an unresolved cybersecurity challenge.
Citation ID: WS00797
Title: We can't build fully reliable systems to detect when a company's internal data has been quietly leaked or sold without authorization.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=797
We don't have a scalable way to detect AI-generated fake product reviews specifically written to evade existing detection filters.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
As detection tools improve, so do the techniques used to generate reviews designed specifically to slip past them, creating an ongoing arms race. Staying consistently ahead of these evasion tactics remains technically unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00796
Title: We don't have a scalable way to detect AI-generated fake product reviews specifically written to evade existing detection filters.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=796
We haven't found a way to prevent large tech platforms from having near-total control over what apps can exist on their app stores.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
A small number of companies control the primary channels through which most people discover and install mobile apps, giving them significant power over which businesses can reach customers at all. Balancing platform control with fair competition remains an unresolved policy issue.
Citation ID: WS00795
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent large tech platforms from having near-total control over what apps can exist on their app stores.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=795
We can't yet build universally accessible captioning and transcription tools accurate enough for all accents and languages.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Automated captioning has improved significantly but still performs unevenly across different accents, dialects, and less common languages, leaving some users with far less accurate accessibility support than others. Closing this accuracy gap remains incomplete.
Citation ID: WS00794
Title: We can't yet build universally accessible captioning and transcription tools accurate enough for all accents and languages.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=794
We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake scientific citations that don't actually exist.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI language models can generate plausible-looking citations to studies or papers that were never actually published, and this can slip past reviewers who don't independently verify every reference. Preventing this kind of fabricated sourcing remains an emerging challenge.
Citation ID: WS00793
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake scientific citations that don't actually exist.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=793
We haven't solved how to make firmware updates for older IoT devices continue safely once manufacturers stop supporting them.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Many connected devices become permanently vulnerable once their manufacturer stops issuing security updates, yet the devices often remain in active use for years afterward. A sustainable way to keep abandoned devices secure remains unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00792
Title: We haven't solved how to make firmware updates for older IoT devices continue safely once manufacturers stop supporting them.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=792
We can't build content recommendation engines that fully avoid reinforcing filter bubbles around political topics.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Recommendation systems tend to show users more of what they already agree with because that content performs better for engagement, gradually narrowing exposure to differing viewpoints. Correcting for this without reducing relevance remains an unresolved design challenge.
Citation ID: WS00791
Title: We can't build content recommendation engines that fully avoid reinforcing filter bubbles around political topics.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=791
We don't have a scalable way to verify that AI-powered translation tools used in legal or medical settings are fully accurate.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Mistakes in AI-assisted translation can have serious consequences in legal or medical contexts, yet independent verification of accuracy in these high-stakes settings remains inconsistent. Building reliable safeguards for critical-use translation remains an unresolved challenge.
Citation ID: WS00790
Title: We don't have a scalable way to verify that AI-powered translation tools used in legal or medical settings are fully accurate.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=790
We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale data broker networks from compiling detailed profiles on people without their knowledge.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Data brokers can aggregate information from many different sources to build surprisingly detailed profiles on individuals, often without those individuals ever being aware or having consented. Meaningful regulation and technical limits on this practice remain inconsistent globally.
Citation ID: WS00789
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale data broker networks from compiling detailed profiles on people without their knowledge.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=789
We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect and remove malicious browser extensions before they cause harm.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Malicious browser extensions can steal data or hijack sessions while appearing legitimate in official extension stores, and current vetting processes don't catch every harmful case before it reaches users. Strengthening this screening process remains an ongoing security challenge.
Citation ID: WS00788
Title: We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect and remove malicious browser extensions before they cause harm.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=788
We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated fake academic credentials from being used to fraudulently secure jobs.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI can help generate convincing fake diplomas, transcripts, or certification documents, and verification systems haven't fully caught up with detecting these increasingly sophisticated forgeries. Closing this verification gap remains an unresolved challenge for employers and institutions.
Citation ID: WS00787
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated fake academic credentials from being used to fraudulently secure jobs.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=787