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The Apprised AI Disagreement Index
When two independent AI models read the same day's news, how often do they disagree on how settled the facts are? Apprised's published editor (Claude) and an independent cross-check (Kimi) each rate the day's contested events; this is the share where they made a different call, over the last 30 days. Updated 2026-09-11.
15/100
On the 101 events both models rated independently over the last 23 days, they assigned a different certainty call 15% of the time. Lower = the two models converge on what's settled; higher = they genuinely diverge.
90%
High-confidence matches
Matched events per day
2026-08-122026-09-11
Daily samples are small (a few matched events each) — the headline is the 30-day window rate, not any single day.
Where the two models disagreed
The specific recent events where the published Claude editor and the independent Kimi read landed on a different certainty call. Pairing is heuristic (matched on shared distinctive terms), so each row is a flagged candidate, not a hand-verified contradiction — open that day's World brief to read both models' full reasoning and the source coverage, and judge it yourself.
Myanmar junta's President U Min Aung Hlaing begins visit to Cambodia; separately, Myanmar's Wa State tin mega-mine restarts operations, ramping up exports to China
Claude: Developing · Kimi: Consensus (6 shared terms)
Framed by: BBC Burmese (bbc.co.uk), Frontier Myanmar (frontiermyanmar.net)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-09-11 World brief →
Trump warned Iran 'not to get cute' over activity at 'Pickaxe Mountain,' a suspected nuclear facility, and said the US may strike it; CNN reported a surge in construction at the site.
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (2 shared terms)
Framed by: France24, CNN, Times of Israel, WSJ (via Telegraph), TASS (tass.com), Mirror (UK)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-09-10 World brief →
Iran retaliates by striking U.S. military targets in Kuwait and UAE, including satellite communications infrastructure and aircraft hangars, following the Kuhak wedding strike.
Claude: Consensus · Kimi: Contested (3 shared terms)
Framed by: Mehr News (mehrnews.com — peripheral corpus items), via BBC Bengali live coverage, Euronews (euronews.com), France24 (france24.com), BBC Hausa/Swahili services, The Daily Star Bangladesh (thedailystar.net)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-09-04 World brief →
US strikes on southern Iran killed 18 people including 4 at a wedding ceremony in Sirik, Hormozgan; Iran retaliated with missiles and drones against US regional bases.
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (3 shared terms)
Framed by: IRNA, Mehr News, Reuters (via Al-Monitor, Military Times), BBC Persian, Middle East Eye, CGTN
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-09-03 World brief →
U.S. airstrikes on Iran resumed on September 1-2, targeting IRGC facilities in multiple provinces including Chabahar, Khuzestan, and Hormozgan
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (5 shared terms)
Framed by: Mehr News Agency (en.mehrnews.com), IRNA (irna.ir), AP (apnews.com), Reuters via al-monitor.com, El País (elpais.com), Khaleej Times (khaleejtimes.com)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-09-02 World brief →
Trump announces a US-Venezuela oil deal covering claimed majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven reserves
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (6 shared terms)
Framed by: NPR (npr.org), BBC (bbc.com), Reuters via BBC Arabic, Rappler (rappler.com), Tempo English (en.tempo.co), Korea Times (koreatimes.co.kr — context only)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-29 World brief →
Nepal-China border floods: death toll exceeds 550 with nearly 2,000 missing, but Tibet-side figures remain opaque
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (5 shared terms)
Framed by: New York Times (nytimes.com), Der Spiegel (spiegel.de), RTÉ (rte.ie), Global Times (globaltimes.cn), Xinhua via news.cn, Kathmandu Post (kathmandupost.com)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-29 World brief →
Qatar PM visits Tehran seeking to revive US-Iran diplomacy after ceasefire collapse; Iran accuses US of blocking Oman-Hormuz deal
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (3 shared terms)
Framed by: Al Jazeera, BBC (Arabic, Persian, Swahili), IRNA, Mehr News, Khaleej Times, TRT World
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-27 World brief →
Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Tehran, held talks with Iranian leadership on de-escalation and Hormuz reopening, reportedly after a call with Trump
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (5 shared terms)
Framed by: Reuters (via Straits Times straitstimes.com), CNBC (cnbc.com), Jerusalem Post (jpost.com), NDTV (ndtv.com), IRNA (irna.ir), Ariana News (ariananews.af)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-25 World brief →
Canada announces 50 percent retaliatory tariffs after U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (3 shared terms)
Framed by: NYT (nytimes.com), DW (dw.com), CBC (cbc.ca), NBC News (nbcnews.com), NDTV (ndtv.com), Spiegel (spiegel.de)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-23 World brief →
UAE suspends all trade and financial transactions with Iran after ballistic missiles target Gulf shipping; Iran denies firing
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (8 shared terms)
Framed by: IRNA (irna.ir), BBC (Amharic, Bengali, Somali, Urdu feeds), Anadolu Agency (aa.com.tr), Al-Asharq Al-Awsat (aawsat.com)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-20 World brief →
UAE claims Iran fired two ballistic missiles at its territory on August 18; Iran flatly denies any launch occurred; UAE suspends all trade with Tehran.
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (2 shared terms)
Framed by: Mehr News (mehrnews.com), Khaleej Times (khaleejtimes.com), WAM-adjacent coverage via BBC Somali/Urdu/Swahili/Hausa, BBC (bbc.co.uk — Persian, Urdu, Somali, Swahili editions), Reuters (cited by Mehr News)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-19 World brief →
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back U.S.–South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, citing Seoul's refusal to join Iran denuclearization and his 'good relationship' with Kim Jong-un
Claude: Consensus · Kimi: Developing (6 shared terms)
Framed by: BBC, CBC, DW, AP, TASS, Yonhap
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-17 World brief →
Russia uses North Korean ballistic missiles in a strike killing at least 7 in Zaporizhzhia; Ukraine's Zelensky states Russia is preparing a new mobilization wave after September 20
Claude: Contested · Kimi: Consensus (2 shared terms)
Framed by: NK News (nknews.org), Ukrainska Pravda (pravda.com.ua), TASS (tass.ru), RIA Novosti (ria.ru), SVT (svt.se — Swedish public broadcaster), Sputnik (sputnikglobe.com)
See the full collision & sources on the 2026-08-12 World brief →
What it measures
Most AI news tools hide which model wrote the answer. Apprised runs two: a published editor (Claude) and a genuinely independent cross-check (Kimi). This index is the share of the day's contested events on which the two models assigned a different factual-certainty call — a live, daily read on how much two leading models diverge on what's actually settled. It complements the Consensus Index (which measures corroboration across outlets, one model); this measures agreement across models.
How events are matched — and why the number is honest
We pair each of the editor's contested events with the independent model's closest read by shared distinctive terms — proper nouns and specifics, not generic words like "strike," "talks," or "missile." A pair counts only when the two share at least two such terms; matched pairs in this window share a median of 5, and 90% share three or more. Events without a confident match are discarded, never guessed. Certainty is collapsed to settled (Consensus) versus unsettled (Contested or Developing) so adjacent grades don't inflate the number. The headline is a 30-day rate; daily samples are too small to publish alone. See the full methodology.
Cite this index
The Apprised AI Disagreement Index, Apprised.news. 2026-09-11: 15/100 over 101 matched cross-model events.
https://apprised.news/index/disagreement
Live JSON: /api/disagreement-index. Underlying daily reads appear on each World desk brief.