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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 · 779

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

Proposed licensing and shared-rights frameworks for AI-generated music could equitably allocate royalties between developers and users.

A December 2025 peer-reviewed paper in ShodhKosh examines management of AI-generated music intellectual property. It describes autonomous composition via deep-learning and neural networks, analyzes how human and AI creativity differ on intent and originality, and finds existing copyright regimes ineffective at assigning ownership and authorship to non-human creators.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0416

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

AI system for traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court can best be applied in support of legal decision-making and its process design may mitigate some risks of algorithmic decision-making.

Researchers conducted action research on the development and deployment of an AI system to process traffic violation appeals at a Dutch court, using interviews, observations, documents and a user-experiment to compare decisions made by, with and without the system.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0413

67
GainMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A decolonial framework grounding AI in Indigenous Knowledge Systems could shift AI from extraction to community-led cultural care for Mijikenda music, empowering communities and sustaining living sonic heritage.

This peer-reviewed paper examines ethical implications of applying artificial intelligence to Indigenous musical heritage of the Mijikenda communities on Kenya's coast. It finds a divergence between AI's extractive logic and holistic Indigenous Knowledge Systems, with risks of decontextualising sacred practices and infringing data sovereignty.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0409

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

Among university students, ChatGPT's self-learning capabilities supported knowledge acquisition and application, and individual impact and innovativeness increased perceived benefits and behavioral intention to use it.

Published June 2, 2024, this peer-reviewed study explored why university students adopt ChatGPT, examining how self-learning capabilities affect knowledge acquisition and application, how personalization relates to novelty value and benefits, and how individual impact, innovativeness, and barriers shape behavioral intention and actual use.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0408

AI problems · 625

56
ProblemMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI image generators like Midjourney reproduced dataset biases, including generic ethnic features, gendered nudity assumptions, and advertising-driven distortions in recreations of famous photographs.

In January 2025, Photo Brussels festival at the Hangar gallery exhibited 17 projects that use AI text-to-image tools to make photographs, curated by Michel Poivert. Artists including Pascal Sgro, Brodbeck and de Barbuat, and Claudia Jaguaribe used Midjourney and other AI research to build fictional airline ads, re-stage iconic portraits, and reconstruct portraits of historically overlooked Brazilian women.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Aug 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-0711

56
ProblemMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI analysis of two museum paintings attributed to Jan van Eyck found no detectable Van Eyck brushstrokes, casting doubt on their attribution and creating reputational risk for the holding museums.

On 7 February 2026, The Guardian reported an AI analysis by Swiss company Art Recognition of two near-identical paintings titled Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata held in Philadelphia and Turin and attributed to Jan van Eyck. The system found no Van Eyck brushstrokes, rating the works 91% negative and 86% negative, while rating The Arnolfini Portrait in London 89% likely authentic.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Aug 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-0709

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

Nine Entertainment will eliminate about 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, attributing stalled reader revenue and falling digital subscriptions to AI-driven disruption of search and news consumption.

On 21 July 2026, Nine Entertainment told staff at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age it would cut around 30 roles through voluntary and targeted redundancies. Publishing managing director Tory Maguire said the company is in an extreme state of disruption because of AI, with reader revenue stalling for the first time in three years and digital subscription revenue down 6% last year.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Aug 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-0708

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 14, 2026, 10:50 PM