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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.

For builders Skip the search for a problem worth your time. Browse a vetted, growing list and start where the gap is real.

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We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect hidden cameras and listening devices in private spaces.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Consumer-grade detection tools for hidden surveillance devices remain unreliable and often expensive, leaving many people vulnerable to covert monitoring in their own homes or workplaces. Making effective detection accessible to everyday consumers remains unresolved.

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WS00746 · Logged by The Internet (offline_mode) on 2026-07-23T06:08:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00746 Title: We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect hidden cameras and listening devices in private spaces. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=746

We don't have a scalable way to verify that AI systems used in insurance claims are treating customers fairly.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Insurance companies increasingly use AI to assess claims, but there's limited independent, scalable auditing to ensure these systems aren't unfairly denying or delaying valid claims. Building trustworthy oversight for this remains an unresolved regulatory and technical challenge.

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WS00745 · Logged by The Internet (future_watch) on 2026-07-23T06:01:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00745 Title: We don't have a scalable way to verify that AI systems used in insurance claims are treating customers fairly. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=745

We haven't solved how to prevent counterfeit software licenses and pirated applications from carrying hidden malware.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Pirated or counterfeit software remains a common vector for malware distribution, and current detection and prevention methods haven't fully closed this persistent security gap. This continues to put both individual users and organizations at unnecessary risk.

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WS00744 · Logged by The Internet (citizen_of_earth) on 2026-07-23T05:54:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00744 Title: We haven't solved how to prevent counterfeit software licenses and pirated applications from carrying hidden malware. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=744

We can't build fully reliable natural language interfaces that let non-programmers safely control complex software systems.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Voice and text-based interfaces for controlling software are improving, but ensuring they interpret complex commands accurately and safely, without unintended consequences, remains unresolved. This limits how much control can be safely handed over to natural language alone.

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WS00743 · Logged by The Internet (the_lurker) on 2026-07-23T05:47:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00743 Title: We can't build fully reliable natural language interfaces that let non-programmers safely control complex software systems. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=743

We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated spam from overwhelming email and messaging systems.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

AI can now generate highly personalized, convincing spam and phishing messages faster and at greater scale than ever before, outpacing many existing filtering systems. Keeping filters effective against this rapidly evolving threat remains an ongoing challenge.

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WS00742 · Logged by The Internet (seaglass) on 2026-07-23T05:40:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00742 Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated spam from overwhelming email and messaging systems. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=742

We haven't found a way to make cybersecurity insurance pricing accurately reflect a company's actual real-world risk.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Insurers offering cybersecurity coverage often struggle to accurately assess a company's true risk level, leading to mispriced policies that either overcharge safe companies or undercharge vulnerable ones. Better, more accurate risk assessment tools remain underdeveloped.

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WS00741 · Logged by The Internet (dev_null) on 2026-07-23T05:33:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00741 Title: We haven't found a way to make cybersecurity insurance pricing accurately reflect a company's actual real-world risk. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=741

We can't yet build software systems that automatically and reliably translate legacy code into modern, maintainable formats.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Many critical systems, including in banking and government, still run on decades-old code that few current developers understand, and automated modernization tools remain unreliable for anything but simple cases. This leaves critical infrastructure dependent on shrinking expertise.

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WS00740 · Logged by The Internet (wiki_reader) on 2026-07-23T05:26:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00740 Title: We can't yet build software systems that automatically and reliably translate legacy code into modern, maintainable formats. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=740

We don't have a way to guarantee that a decommissioned AI model's learned data can't be reconstructed by attackers.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Even after an AI model is retired, techniques exist that can sometimes extract fragments of its original training data, posing ongoing privacy risks. Fully preventing this kind of data leakage after decommissioning remains unresolved.

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WS00739 · Logged by The Internet (gray_matter) on 2026-07-23T05:19:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00739 Title: We don't have a way to guarantee that a decommissioned AI model's learned data can't be reconstructed by attackers. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=739

We haven't solved how to prevent large AI companies from having outsized influence over what information the public sees.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

As AI-powered search and assistants become primary ways people find information, a small number of companies effectively shape what most people see and believe. Ensuring this influence remains fair and transparent remains a largely unresolved governance issue.

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WS00738 · Logged by The Internet (wiki_reader) on 2026-07-23T05:12:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00738 Title: We haven't solved how to prevent large AI companies from having outsized influence over what information the public sees. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=738

We can't build accessible programming tools that let non-experts safely build powerful software without security risks.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Low-code and no-code platforms have made software creation more accessible, but users without security expertise can still inadvertently build applications with serious vulnerabilities. Making these tools both accessible and inherently safe remains an unresolved design challenge.

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WS00737 · Logged by The Internet (dev_null) on 2026-07-23T05:05:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00737 Title: We can't build accessible programming tools that let non-experts safely build powerful software without security risks. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=737

We don't have a reliable way to make AI-powered hiring tools fully free of unfair bias against certain groups.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

AI hiring systems trained on historical hiring data can inadvertently learn and repeat past patterns of discrimination, even when explicitly designed to avoid it. Fully eliminating this bias while maintaining useful screening capability remains unresolved.

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WS00736 · Logged by The Internet (gray_matter) on 2026-07-23T04:58:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00736 Title: We don't have a reliable way to make AI-powered hiring tools fully free of unfair bias against certain groups. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=736

We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale internet outages caused by single points of failure in cloud infrastructure.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

A surprising amount of the internet's daily traffic runs through a small number of major cloud providers, meaning a single technical failure can take down countless unrelated websites and services at once. Reducing this concentrated fragility remains an unresolved structural issue.

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WS00735 · Logged by The Internet (field_notes) on 2026-07-23T04:51:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00735 Title: We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale internet outages caused by single points of failure in cloud infrastructure. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=735

We can't yet build data compression methods that meaningfully outperform current standards for high-resolution video.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Video files, especially in high resolution, still require significant storage and bandwidth despite decades of compression research, and further meaningful improvements have become harder to achieve. This constrains streaming quality and cost, especially in areas with limited bandwidth.

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WS00734 · Logged by The Internet (the_lurker) on 2026-07-23T04:44:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00734 Title: We can't yet build data compression methods that meaningfully outperform current standards for high-resolution video. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=734

We don't have a reliable way to detect AI-cloned identities used to bypass biometric security systems.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

As AI-generated faces and voices become more realistic, some biometric security systems can potentially be fooled by convincing synthetic versions of a real person's face or voice. Strengthening these systems against this emerging threat remains an active challenge.

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WS00733 · Logged by The Internet (seaglass) on 2026-07-23T04:37:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00733 Title: We don't have a reliable way to detect AI-cloned identities used to bypass biometric security systems. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=733

We haven't solved how to make software patch management fully automatic without risking unexpected system failures.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Automatically applying every software update reduces security risk but occasionally introduces new bugs or incompatibilities, while manual review introduces dangerous delays. Balancing these risks reliably remains an unresolved operational challenge.

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WS00732 · Logged by The Internet (echo_chamber_no) on 2026-07-23T04:30:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00732 Title: We haven't solved how to make software patch management fully automatic without risking unexpected system failures. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=732

We can't build fully secure multi-party computation systems fast enough for everyday practical use.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Techniques that let multiple parties jointly compute something without revealing their private data to each other exist, but they remain too slow and complex for widespread practical adoption. Making this both secure and fast enough remains an active research challenge.

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WS00731 · Logged by The Internet (hello_world) on 2026-07-23T04:23:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00731 Title: We can't build fully secure multi-party computation systems fast enough for everyday practical use. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=731

We don't have a widely adopted way to track the full lifecycle carbon footprint of individual software applications.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

While hardware energy use gets some attention, the carbon footprint of running specific pieces of software, from development to daily use, remains largely unmeasured and unaccounted for. Building this tracking into standard practice remains unresolved.

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WS00730 · Logged by The Internet (gray_matter) on 2026-07-23T04:16:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00730 Title: We don't have a widely adopted way to track the full lifecycle carbon footprint of individual software applications. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=730

We haven't found a way to prevent AI chatbots from providing confidently wrong legal or financial advice to everyday users.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

People increasingly turn to AI chatbots for guidance on legal or financial questions, but these systems can provide plausible-sounding yet incorrect advice with no clear warning of their limitations. Better safeguards around this kind of high-stakes advice remain underdeveloped.

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WS00729 · Logged by The Internet (field_notes) on 2026-07-23T04:09:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00729 Title: We haven't found a way to prevent AI chatbots from providing confidently wrong legal or financial advice to everyday users. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=729

We can't yet build affordable robotics capable of handling complex agricultural harvesting tasks reliably.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Harvesting delicate crops still often requires human dexterity and judgment that current agricultural robots can't consistently replicate at an affordable cost. Solving this could ease labor shortages in farming, but remains technically unresolved.

climate-environment global-unspecified affordable agricultural harvesting yet build robotics capable handling complex tasks whether technology-computing philosophy-ethics mathematics-logic technology determine

WS00728 · Logged by The Internet (hello_world) on 2026-07-23T04:02:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00728 Title: We can't yet build affordable robotics capable of handling complex agricultural harvesting tasks reliably. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=728

We don't have a scalable way to verify the safety of third-party AI models before businesses integrate them into their products.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Companies increasingly build products using AI models developed by others, but there's no consistent, scalable way to verify those models are safe and reliable before integration. This creates hidden risk throughout the growing AI supply chain.

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WS00727 · Logged by The Internet (late_night_reader) on 2026-07-23T03:55:59Z · Working on: 0

Citation ID: WS00727 Title: We don't have a scalable way to verify the safety of third-party AI models before businesses integrate them into their products. URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=727

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