THE LEDGER
SECTION 10
ISSUE 001
Trust Scores Replace Benchmarks
Projection: Procurement may compare agents through verified task completion, incident history, reversibility, evidence quality, and governance performance rather than abstract exam scores. Market pressure supports demand for trust signals, not an accepted scorecard. Buying decisions must actually use these records and penalize poor operational histories.
Why this idea is here
What the evidence establishes.
Source-backed premise: the cited captures establish AI investment and application-market pressure. Editorial projection: Buyers will compare agents on verified task success, incidents, reversibility, evidence quality, and governance—not abstract exams. The sources do not prove that outcome; the observable adoption test is whether buyers procure agents using verified task success, incident, reversibility, evidence, and governance records.
Source ledger
Read the sources.
- S01Venture capital investments in artificial intelligence through 2025
intergovernmental report / dated 2026-02 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S02Economy | The 2026 AI Index Report
academic index / dated 2026-04 / retrieved 2026-07-10
- S03Big Ideas 2026: Part 1
investor thesis / dated 2025-12 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S04The next phase of enterprise AI
company disclosure / published 2026-04-08 / retrieved 2026-07-09