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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

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

An AI system using modified U-Net segmentation automatically classified inferior alveolar nerve proximity to impacted mandibular third molars on CBCT with 90.1% accuracy and reduced analysis time from ~189 seconds to ~4.8 seconds compared to expert radiologists.

Researchers retrospectively tested a deep learning system that automatically segments the inferior alveolar nerve canal and impacted mandibular third molars on CBCT and classifies their spatial relationship. On an independent hold-out set of 486 sites, the system reached 90.1% overall accuracy and 0.925 weighted AUC against two senior radiologists, with processing time of 4.75 seconds versus 189.12 seconds for experts.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0798

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

The pathology foundation model UNI2-h achieved the highest cross-domain accuracy on an external mixed human-and-animal cohort, including 97.4% F1 for difficult lung tissue classification.

On 2026-08-16, a peer-reviewed study reported a comparative evaluation of nine deep learning encoders for H&E histology classification. Models were trained on 4307 male rat tissue images and tested on a separate 600-image mixed human-and-animal cohort using frozen features and a linear probe, measuring accuracy, F1, kappa, ROC-AUC and inference time.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0796

74
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

In 300 patients with histopathologically confirmed OLP and at least 24 months follow-up, a multimodal LLM achieved 94.7% trajectory classification accuracy and 99.6% specificity for detecting expert-defined high-risk cases.

Researchers retrospectively tested ChatGPT on 300 histopathologically confirmed oral lichen planus cases with at least 24 months of follow-up, using serial clinical records, intraoral photographs, and histopathology reports. Compared with blinded expert panel consensus, the model achieved 94.7% accuracy for trajectory classification and 78.8% sensitivity with 99.6% specificity for high-risk detection as of the August 2026 publication.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 16, 2026 · TRV-2026-0788

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A pretrained Vision Transformer fine-tuned on a merged 21-class capsule endoscopy dataset achieved 92.2% accuracy and 0.99 AUC on an independent test set, outperforming DenseNet121 and ResNet50.

A comparative study merged SEE-AI and Kvasir-Capsule into a 21-class capsule endoscopy image dataset and fine-tuned a Vision Transformer, DenseNet121, and ResNet50. On an independent test set of 8,696 frames, the transformer achieved 92.2% accuracy and 0.99 AUC, substantially higher than the two CNN baselines under the reported experimental conditions.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 16, 2026 · TRV-2026-0779

AI problems · 631

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ProblemLabor· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

The same vision treats human professional expertise as an extractable resource whose value is judged relative to AI, with potential to transform and revalue expert careers.

By June 2026, researchers analyzed public messaging from five AI data annotation firms and their CEOs, finding a consistent vision in which expert gig labor is used to build AI systems that can substitute for human professionals. The study documents this discourse from social media and podcasts rather than measuring employment or wage outcomes.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%88

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0142

72
ProblemBusiness· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Enterprises governing AI as a broad technology program see many initiatives fail to scale or generate sustained business value

By July 2026, the authors described an AI-investment paradox in enterprises: continued heavy investment alongside initiatives that fail to scale. They proposed a decision-centric portfolio framework that reframes governance around discrete investable decision opportunities within workflows, introducing AI-Investable Process Nodes as bounded points where benefits, risks and costs can be assessed ex ante.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%88

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0111

71
ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: High (2 sources)

AI-driven wearables face technical, ethical and regulatory hurdles including data interoperability, privacy concerns, algorithmic bias, scalability and security that limit widespread clinical adoption.

As of the June 2025 review, integration of AI with wearable bioelectronics was presented as enabling proactive, personalized monitoring of cardiac activity, glucose levels and biomarkers, with applications in early detection, chronic condition management and precision therapeutics.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%99
Recency 10%90

Updated Jul 23, 2026 · TRV-2026-0520

71
ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: High (3 sources)

Lifelong learning systems in Singapore and Sweden face increased pressure due to AI-driven skills shortages and mismatches in the digital transition.

Published February 12, 2026, this peer-reviewed comparative case study examines how Singapore and Sweden organize lifelong learning to address demands for basic and advanced AI skills. It compares policy and practice at system, institutional, and programme levels.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%100
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%100
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0365

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 4:50 PM