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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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GainBusiness· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Creation of a living database of 1,725 risks from 74 taxonomies provides a shared reference that enables more coordinated auditing and governing of AI systems.

On March 30 2026, a peer-reviewed paper in Patterns described the AI Risk Repository, a living database of 1,725 risks extracted from 74 existing taxonomies and frameworks. The authors created two complementary systems to organize them: a Causal Taxonomy by origin, intent and timing, and a Domain Taxonomy by effects across seven areas.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0344

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

Generative AI tools improved personalized learning, self-regulated learning strategies, and adaptive feedback in higher education settings.

This March 2026 systematic and thematic review examined generative AI tools such as ChatGPT in higher education, analyzing 46 Web of Science documents and qualitatively synthesizing 27 peer-reviewed articles to map implementation trends.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0342

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

AI enables real-time pollution detection, air and water quality monitoring, and accurate disaster and air quality forecasting to support prompt interventions and sustainable urban management.

Published October 18, 2024, this peer-reviewed overview describes how AI is used in environmental monitoring to provide accurate disaster forecasts, detect pollution sources, and monitor air and water quality in real time, including applications in smart cities.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0341

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

AI-driven adaptive learning systems personalize instruction to individual learning styles and abilities, making education more accessible and efficient.

This peer-reviewed bibliometric analysis examines how AI and adaptive learning technologies are reshaping education. Using VOSviewer to map 3518 Web of Science publications from 1990 to 2024, the authors document growth from 1 publication in 1990 to 636 in 2023 and attribute acceleration to broader digitalization and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0340

AI problems · 625

55
ProblemLifestyle· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Using AI actor Tilly Norwood to star in films threatens professional actors because the characters are generated from the work of countless performers without permission or compensation and could undercut margins and craft.

On 2026-07-10, The Guardian reported that London-based Particle 6 plans a feature film Misaligned starring AI-generated performer Tilly Norwood, billed as set inside the Tillyverse, a surreal digital world located somewhere up in the cloud. The studio said it retrained its 30-plus team in AI production to create hybrid features.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0334

55
ProblemOther· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A contractor building Meta's AI datacenter in Cheyenne discharged water contaminated with Cupriavidus gilardii into public sewers, leading the city to revoke discharge permission and ban closed-loop datacenter wastewater discharges.

In February 2026, routine testing detected Cupriavidus gilardii bacteria in wastewater being flushed into Cheyenne's public sewers from the construction site of Meta's 800,000 sq ft AI datacenter, Project Cosmo, in the High Plains Business Park. City officials identified contractor Goat Systems LLC as responsible, permanently revoked Meta's authority to discharge into the city's treatment facilities that recycle water for park irrigation, and adopted a new ban on discharges from datacenters using closed loop and fill and flush systems.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0333

55
ProblemLifestyle· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Professional garden designers warn that AI replicating their work to design Chelsea exhibits threatens their livelihoods and cannot replicate human insight and connection to place.

On 13 May 2026 The Guardian reported a dispute ahead of Chelsea Flower Show after award-winning designer Matt Keightley announced he would use artificial intelligence to design his exhibit and launch Spacelift, an app said to replicate garden designersa0 work. The app is to exhibit three full-sized gardens at the Royal Hospital gardens designed entirely by the platform.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0332

55
ProblemOther· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

The Lanarkshire AI datacentre complex has no prospect of meeting its promise of 1GW on-site renewable power, faces an acknowledged power provision issue, and will need to connect to the grid instead of operating behind-the-meter.

A Guardian investigation published 6 July 2026 examined the £8.2bn Lanarkshire AI datacentre complex in Airdrie, developed by CoreWeave and DataVita and announced in January as the first UK AI growth zone to be powered entirely from on-site renewables by 2030. Documents obtained through freedom of information and analysis of planning records indicate the project lacks the land, installed renewables, and grid-independent solution to meet its 1GW claim.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0323

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 14, 2026, 7:22 PM