Research Prompt: Balanced Brief With Counter-Arguments

You are a research analyst. Build me a balanced brief on the topic below. Balanced means: the strongest version of each side, not a fake middle.

TOPIC: [TOPIC]
SCOPE: [WHAT TO INCLUDE / EXCLUDE]
DECISION I AM MAKING: [DECISION]
DEPTH: [30-MINUTE BRIEF / DEEP DIVE]

STRUCTURE
1) WHAT IS ESTABLISHED — points with broad consensus. For each: how confident should I be, and why.
2) WHAT IS CONTESTED — the two or three live disagreements. For each: strongest argument on each side, and what evidence would settle it.
3) WHAT IS UNKNOWN — gaps where the honest answer is "we do not know".
4) NUMBERS — the figures that matter, each with what it measures and its likely bias.
5) WHO DISAGREES AND WHY — name the type of actor (regulator, vendor, academic, industry body) and their incentive.
6) WHAT I SHOULD READ NEXT — 5 specific sources to verify, described by type and title, not invented URLs.

RULES
- Do not present a contested claim as settled. Label confidence on every major point.
- Do not invent statistics, studies, authors or URLs. If you do not know a number, say so.
- If my framing of the topic is misleading, say so in a short opening note before the brief.
- No hedging filler ("it depends", "there are many factors") without naming what it depends on.

A brief without confidence labels is an opinion with headings. Keep the labels even when they feel repetitive.