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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 · 798

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GainPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Editing the posted campaign photo with AI increased its brightness.

After Richard Tice posted a photo of an apparent Reform campaign event, critics pointed to five types of artifacts suggesting AI manipulation, including extra fingers, garbled placard text, smeared faces, pixel-perfect railings and geometric concrete, and a floating sign. Reform UK said the underlying photograph is real and that the posted version was slightly edited using AI mainly to increase brightness.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0118

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GainEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

In a Cambridge primary school coding club, a 10-year-old was able to retrain his image classification model after an error, demonstrating practical learning of how machine learning models are corrected.

By the publication date of 2026-01-05, The Guardian described a Cambridge classroom where Joseph, 10, from St Paul's C of E primary school coding club, trained an AI model to discern between drawings of apples and drawings of smiles. The model initially mistakenly identified a fruit as a face, and Joseph then retrained it to get it back on track while friends built their own AIs.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0099

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

Young graduates may benefit from AI because its transformative power is projected to create unprecedented opportunities and new, more exciting jobs.

On a US podcast before 13 September 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that if he was graduating today he would feel like the luckiest kid in history, arguing that ChatGPT, released in November 2022, shows AI's transformative power. He acknowledged that job displacement will occur but said this always happens.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0098

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

At Wimbledon 2025, an AI electronic line-judging system was deployed to replace 300 human line judges.

At Wimbledon in July 2025, organizers replaced 300 human line judges with an artificial intelligence electronic line-judging system. Shortly after deployment, the new system failed to detect that player Sonay Kartal had hit a ball long during a match.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0083

55
GainMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Artists using generative image and sound tools could invent new forms of cinema and popular music such as future hip-hop, techno and rock'n'roll without eliminating human talent.

Jean-Michel Jarre publicly criticized the conservatism of the music and film industries, saying they are freaking out and being very anti-AI, and argued that AI's ability to generate images and sounds should be embraced rather than feared.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%87

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0082

AI problems · 641

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Recomputed live from the record · Sep 16, 2026, 2:37 PM