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What the evidence says.What the public feels.

Ranks distinct AI gain and problem claims from the published record. Scores reward impact, independent source strength, scale, confidence, and recency.

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AI gains · 779

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

PROBAST+AI provides a unified tool that lets stakeholders assess quality, bias, and applicability of both regression and AI-based prediction models in healthcare.

Published March 24 2025 in the BMJ, this methods article describes PROBAST+AI, an updated assessment tool for prediction models built with regression or artificial intelligence methods. It splits assessment into model development and model evaluation, each organized around participants and data sources, predictors, outcome, and analysis domains.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%90

Updated Jul 24, 2026 · TRV-2026-0537

68
GainPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Hybrid AI-human moderation can improve efficient filtering of user-generated content on child-focused metaverse platforms like Roblox.

Published 25 April 2025, this peer-reviewed case study examines Roblox as a child-focused Metaverse platform, analyzing why automated and human moderation struggles with real-time interactions and massive volumes of user-generated content and documenting failures that left young users exposed to inappropriate content and predatory risks.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%90

Updated Jul 24, 2026 · TRV-2026-0536

68
GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Integrating AI across 6G network layers enables optimized resource allocation and improved efficiency, with future networks providing AI as a service for immersive communication and industrial robots.

On April 2 2025, a peer-reviewed overview in Science China Information Sciences described the integration of AI and 6G as a transformative paradigm, organizing it into AI for network, network for AI, and AI as a service, and reviewing driving factors, architectural principles, quality of AI service, and standardization efforts.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%90

Updated Jul 24, 2026 · TRV-2026-0534

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GainCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI and ML integration into cybersecurity improves detection, response, and mitigation of sophisticated cyber threats across intrusion detection, malware classification, and threat intelligence.

Published April 30, 2025, this review examines how AI and machine learning are being integrated into cybersecurity to replace inadequate traditional defenses, detailing techniques for intrusion detection, malware classification, behavioral analysis, and threat intelligence, plus emerging areas like federated learning and quantum-enhanced cryptography.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%90

Updated Jul 24, 2026 · TRV-2026-0533

AI problems · 625

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ProblemLabor· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Computer science graduates in the UK saw a sharp drop in entry to professional coding jobs, from about 40% to 28%, as AI tools took over routine programming work.

Data compiled for the 2027 Guardian University Guide shows UK computer science graduates entering professional coding roles fell from about 40% to 28% last year, with overall graduate-level employment for the group down from over 60% to 50%. Economics graduates also saw reduced demand for economist and management consultant roles. The figures come from a Higher Education Statistics Agency survey of more than 350,000 students who finished in 2024.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%100

Updated Sep 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-1061

63
ProblemOther· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have revolutionized numerous sectors, enhancing efficiency, innovation, and convenience. However, AI's rise has highlighted a critical concern: bias within AI algorithms. This study uses a systematic literature review and analysis of real-world case studies to explore the forms, underlying causes, and methods for detecting and mitigating bias in AI. We ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have revolutionized numerous sectors, enhancing efficiency, innovation, and convenience. However, AI's rise has highlighted a critical concern: bias within AI algorithms.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%59
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 11, 2026 · TRV-2026-0015

62
ProblemClimate· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Expanding PFAS production to meet AI datacentre and semiconductor demand risks creating a new tidal wave of persistent forever chemicals that never degrade and undermines emerging restrictions.

On 14 September 2026 The Guardian reported a ChemSec survey of the 10 biggest PFAS manufacturers finding nearly all plan to increase production at sites in Europe, Asia and North America to meet AI industry demand. Companies frame investments around the AI revolution, citing PFAS use in semiconductor fabrication and in two-phase immersion cooling where servers are immersed in low-boiling-point PFAS fluid.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%100

Updated Sep 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-1074

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ProblemMedia & Arts· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-enabled piracy and deepfakes pose legal and economic risks to Kerala's film and music industry, prompting calls for stronger copyright laws.

On September 12, 2026, India Today reported that at a Kerala seminar on music, cinema and law, V D Satheesan called for stronger copyright laws to protect the film industry from piracy and AI threats.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%100

Updated Sep 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-1064

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