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The paper, its executive summary and the evidence archive, each with a SHA-256 hash so you can confirm you have the file that was published.

Published

Full paper (PDF)

Identifier
AITW-AITR-2026-001
Version
1.0 · October 2026
Pages
491
Size
30.1 MB
SHA-256
0e96be2e4685bd442178a9bb0860b345f3cd9109be6bce7d36d11bf68c082f50
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Published

Executive summary (PDF)

Identifier
AITW-AITR-2026-001-ES
Version
1.01 · October 2026
Pages
12
Size
180 KB
SHA-256
db28d06f2ef16c2b00843d7a7c0951a784ae18b5195da1d77f215ee044b36779
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Evidence archive (ZIP)

Identifier
AITW-AITR-2026-001 reproducibility package
Version
1.0 · October 2026
Size
2.7 MB
SHA-256
bf256e7d027d088ad048524aac7e72dd92c04f01e1a6bd43b26fd502ce18e7d5
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  1. Download the files you want and SHA256SUMS.txt into one folder.
  2. On macOS or Linux, open a terminal in that folder and run shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt. Each file should say OK. On Windows, in PowerShell, run Get-FileHash .\<file> -Algorithm SHA256 and compare the result with the hash shown for that file here and on the manifest page.
  3. For the evidence archive, unzip it and run ./VERIFY.sh inside. It checks every file in the archive against the hashes the archive ships with.

A document cannot contain its own hash, so the hashes are listed here, on the manifest page and, once it exists, in the permanent archived copy.

Permanent copy

Permanent archived copy: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23423297. The files in that record are the same files listed on this page; compare their hashes.

How to cite

Childers, James. The TOPS Trap: How Edge AI Optimized for Token Efficiency—and Forgot to Engineer for Truth. AIToolworx, 2026. AITW-AITR-2026-001. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23423297.

About these PDFs

The PDFs carry a title, a document language and selectable text. They are not tagged for screen readers and other assistive technology, and we make no accessibility-conformance claim. If you need help reading a section, write to james.childers@aitoolworx.com.

What the archive does not contain

Model weights are not redistributed: the archive gives hashes and acquisition information for the exact files tested. Third-party documents are not copied: the register gives each address, the date it was read and a short excerpt. Personal data is removed from the emails. The evidence page explains each of these and lists what the archive does contain.