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The Index

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 · 788

67
GainEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Medical students used a RAG-based teaching assistant for self-directed learning, seeking clarification on foundational concepts with continuous availability and reduced hallucinations from instructor-curated materials.

In a medical school basic science course, researchers deployed a retrieval-augmented teaching assistant that limited large language model outputs to instructor-curated materials across two consecutive cohorts. They tracked when and how students used it and what they asked, finding strategic, context-dependent adoption with heavier use during high-stakes assessments and after hours.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0459

67
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Some institutions have begun integrating AI into undergraduate medical curricula as AI use rapidly increases across basic and clinical courses.

A November 2025 scoping review in BMC Medical Education screened 3,238 records and included 310 publications on AI in undergraduate medical education from 2020 to April 2024, finding 52% of the included literature appeared in just eight months after the prior general review. Reported uses span autonomous tutoring, self-assessment, simulation-based learning, assessment generation and grading, clinical assessment, procedural skills evaluation, and predictive analytics in both basic and clinical courses.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0458

67
GainCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

LLMs coupled with scalable Big Data pipelines improved detection accuracy and reduced response latency for threat detection and incident response compared with traditional approaches.

As of 4 November 2025, this systematic review synthesized 235 peer-reviewed studies from 2020-2025 on LLMs such as GPT-4 and BERT applied to cybersecurity within Big Data infrastructures. It reported that coupling LLMs with scalable pipelines improved detection accuracy and reduced response latency for tasks including threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability assessment.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0456

67
GainLabor· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Software engineers adopted generative AI tools when the tools were compatible with existing development workflows, based on surveys of engineers in 2024.

In a study published March 28 2024, researchers examined generative AI tool adoption among software engineers using surveys of 100 engineers and validation with 183 engineers, developing and testing the Human-AI Collaboration and Adaptation Framework.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0455

AI problems · 631

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ProblemMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

‘Was I scared going back to China? No’: Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home: For most people, returning home doesn’t involve weighing up the risk of whether you’ll see close family ever again, but that’s the reality for a 68-year-old whose whole existence has been shaped by authoritarianism and the struggle against it.

Ai Weiwei is talking me through the decision-making process before his first visit to China in over a decade. The artist, known around the world as the most famous critic of the Chinese communist regime, had to do some fraught arithmetic before deciding to head back home.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%95

Updated Aug 21, 2026 · TRV-2026-0840

56
ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI models used in military aircraft design can hallucinate and generate content that defies basic physics, design principles and operational constraints, risking unworkable or unsafe fighter jet concepts.

On August 19, 2026, designers linked to China's J-36 fighter jet program reported a danger from military AI hallucinations, stating that content generated by AI models can defy basic physics, design principles or operational constraints.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%95

Updated Aug 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0838

56
ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-driven private platforms and bot activity are shifting public discourse to monetized attention systems that polarize citizens and threaten liberal democracy, while energy-guzzling datacentres damage the climate.

On 19 August 2026 The Guardian reviewed Jill Lepore's The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, which frames AI as enabling both a billionaire fantasy of escaping democratic constraints and an existing shift of public discourse onto private, attention-monetizing platforms populated by manipulative bots.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%95

Updated Aug 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0836

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ProblemMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources drew strong public criticism after its AI art contest for National Dugong Conservation Day selected a winning image that inaccurately depicted a dugong with four legs.

On August 17, 2026, the Bangkok Post reported that the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources faced strong criticism after announcing winners of an AI art contest held for National Dugong Conservation Day. The controversy centered on the winning image, which showed a dugong with what appeared to be four legs.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 18, 2026 · TRV-2026-0816

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 16, 2026, 1:54 AM