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.
For builders
Skip the search for a problem worth your time. Browse a vetted, growing list and start where the gap is real.
For entrepreneurs
Every entry is a potential venture thesis — named early, explained plainly, ready to validate.
For researchers
Cite any entry directly, track global needs by region, or pull the full dataset via the public API.
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We don't have a reliable way to prevent fake AI-generated crowdfunding campaigns from exploiting people's generosity.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Scammers can use AI to generate believable project pitches, images, and even fake progress updates for crowdfunding campaigns that never intend to deliver anything. Verifying campaign legitimacy at the scale platforms operate remains an unresolved trust problem.
Citation ID: WS00846
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent fake AI-generated crowdfunding campaigns from exploiting people's generosity.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=846
We haven't solved how to prevent AI-generated fake academic tutoring credentials from misleading students seeking legitimate help.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Tutoring platforms can be targeted by individuals using AI-generated fake credentials to appear more qualified than they actually are, and verification systems don't always catch this convincingly fabricated background information. Closing this trust gap remains an unresolved platform challenge.
Citation ID: WS00845
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent AI-generated fake academic tutoring credentials from misleading students seeking legitimate help.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=845
We can't build fully reliable systems to detect coordinated inauthentic behavior across multiple social media platforms simultaneously.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Bad actors can spread coordinated campaigns across several platforms at once, and current detection systems often work in isolation per platform rather than recognizing the broader cross-platform pattern. Building this kind of coordinated detection remains an unresolved industry challenge.
Citation ID: WS00844
Title: We can't build fully reliable systems to detect coordinated inauthentic behavior across multiple social media platforms simultaneously.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=844
We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI systems from generating fake but convincing academic tutoring content that contains errors.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI tutoring tools can sometimes confidently present incorrect explanations that students may not have the expertise to catch themselves. Ensuring consistent accuracy in AI-driven educational content remains an unresolved quality control challenge.
Citation ID: WS00843
Title: We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI systems from generating fake but convincing academic tutoring content that contains errors.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=843
We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale automated review-bombing campaigns from unfairly damaging legitimate businesses or content.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Coordinated groups, sometimes aided by bots, can flood a business or creator with negative reviews for reasons unrelated to actual quality, and platforms struggle to distinguish this from genuine customer dissatisfaction at scale. Fair, reliable detection of this manipulation remains unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00842
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent large-scale automated review-bombing campaigns from unfairly damaging legitimate businesses or content.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=842
We can't yet build technology that fully verifies whether an AI-generated voiceover used in advertising discloses its synthetic origin.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Some advertisements use AI-generated voices without always clearly disclosing this to listeners, and consistent labeling standards for synthetic voice content remain unevenly enforced. Closing this transparency gap remains an unresolved regulatory and design issue.
Citation ID: WS00841
Title: We can't yet build technology that fully verifies whether an AI-generated voiceover used in advertising discloses its synthetic origin.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=841
We don't have a reliable way to prevent large-scale automated web scraping from overwhelming smaller websites' server capacity.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Aggressive scraping bots, including those collecting data to train AI models, can overload smaller websites not built to handle that volume of automated traffic. Balancing open web access with protection against this kind of strain remains unresolved.
Citation ID: WS00840
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent large-scale automated web scraping from overwhelming smaller websites' server capacity.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=840
We haven't solved how to prevent AI-generated fake social proof, like fake follower counts, from misleading audiences about real influence.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Purchased or AI-generated fake followers and engagement can make an account appear far more influential or trustworthy than it actually is, misleading both audiences and advertisers. Reliable detection and removal of this fake activity remains inconsistently enforced.
Citation ID: WS00839
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent AI-generated fake social proof, like fake follower counts, from misleading audiences about real influence.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=839
We can't build fully reliable systems to prevent AI voice assistants from accidentally recording and transmitting private conversations.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Voice-activated devices can sometimes misinterpret background conversation as an intentional wake command, inadvertently recording or transmitting private moments. Eliminating this risk entirely while keeping devices responsive remains an unresolved design tradeoff.
Citation ID: WS00838
Title: We can't build fully reliable systems to prevent AI voice assistants from accidentally recording and transmitting private conversations.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=838
We don't have a scalable way to prevent counterfeit software certificates from being used to make malicious programs appear trustworthy.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Attackers can sometimes obtain or forge digital certificates that make malicious software appear legitimately signed and safe to install. Strengthening the verification processes behind these certificates remains an unresolved security challenge.
Citation ID: WS00837
Title: We don't have a scalable way to prevent counterfeit software certificates from being used to make malicious programs appear trustworthy.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=837
We haven't found a way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake weather or disaster warnings that could mislead the public.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
A fabricated but realistic-seeming weather alert or disaster warning could spread panic or cause people to take unnecessary risky action before it's identified as false. Faster detection and correction systems for this kind of misinformation remain underdeveloped.
Citation ID: WS00836
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake weather or disaster warnings that could mislead the public.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=836
We can't yet build technology that reliably verifies whether an online seller's stated business location and identity are genuine.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Online marketplaces can host sellers using fabricated business identities or locations, making it difficult for buyers to know who they're actually purchasing from. Reliable, scalable seller verification remains an unresolved marketplace trust issue.
Citation ID: WS00835
Title: We can't yet build technology that reliably verifies whether an online seller's stated business location and identity are genuine.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=835
We don't have a reliable way to prevent large-scale automated bot purchases from unfairly buying up limited product releases before real customers can.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Automated bots can purchase limited-availability products, from sneakers to concert tickets, within seconds, leaving genuine customers with little realistic chance to buy at retail prices. Effective, consistent bot prevention remains an unresolved e-commerce challenge.
Citation ID: WS00834
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent large-scale automated bot purchases from unfairly buying up limited product releases before real customers can.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=834
We haven't solved how to prevent malicious browser-based cryptocurrency mining scripts from running without user consent.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Some websites secretly run scripts that use a visitor's device to mine cryptocurrency without their knowledge, slowing down devices and consuming electricity without consent. Consistent detection and blocking of this practice remains incomplete across browsers.
Citation ID: WS00833
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent malicious browser-based cryptocurrency mining scripts from running without user consent.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=833
We can't build fully reliable systems to detect when AI-generated content in a legal filing includes fabricated case law.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
AI language models have been shown to generate plausible-sounding but entirely fictional legal citations, and this has already caused real problems in actual court filings. Building reliable safeguards against this in legal workflows remains an unresolved and urgent challenge.
Citation ID: WS00832
Title: We can't build fully reliable systems to detect when AI-generated content in a legal filing includes fabricated case law.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=832
We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI-powered scraping tools from harvesting personal data from social media at massive scale.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Automated scraping tools can collect publicly visible personal data from social media profiles far faster and more comprehensively than manual methods ever could, often for uses the original poster never intended. Meaningful technical or legal limits on this practice remain inconsistent.
Citation ID: WS00831
Title: We don't have a scalable way to prevent AI-powered scraping tools from harvesting personal data from social media at massive scale.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=831
We haven't found a way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake emergency alerts that could cause public panic.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
A fabricated but realistic-looking emergency alert, if convincingly generated and distributed, could cause real public panic before authorities can issue a correction. Building faster verification and correction systems remains an unresolved public safety challenge.
Citation ID: WS00830
Title: We haven't found a way to prevent AI systems from generating convincing fake emergency alerts that could cause public panic.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=830
We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect tampering with electronic voting machine software before elections.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Verifying that voting machine software hasn't been secretly altered requires specialized technical audits that aren't consistently performed everywhere elections take place. Making this verification standard and accessible remains an unresolved election security challenge.
Citation ID: WS00829
Title: We can't yet build affordable, reliable technology to detect tampering with electronic voting machine software before elections.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=829
We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated fake academic papers from being submitted to legitimate conferences and journals.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Entirely fabricated papers, complete with fake data and citations, have already slipped past some review processes, and detection tools haven't fully caught up with increasingly sophisticated AI-generated submissions. This threatens the broader integrity of scientific publishing.
Citation ID: WS00828
Title: We don't have a reliable way to prevent AI-generated fake academic papers from being submitted to legitimate conferences and journals.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=828
We haven't solved how to prevent large-scale email spoofing attacks that impersonate trusted organizations convincingly.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Attackers can still forge email headers to make messages appear to come from trusted banks, companies, or government agencies, despite improved authentication protocols. Full adoption and enforcement of stronger email verification standards remains inconsistent.
Citation ID: WS00827
Title: We haven't solved how to prevent large-scale email spoofing attacks that impersonate trusted organizations convincingly.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=827