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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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GainClimate· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Physics-informed categorical chain differential model improved coupled prediction of four ash fusion temperatures, reducing deformation temperature error and eliminating physically impossible temperature inversions to support boiler safety and slagging-risk management.

Researchers developed a Categorical Chain Differential framework that couples prediction of four ash fusion temperatures across heterogeneous solid fuels. Using a regressor chain with fuel category information and non-negative constraints on inter-stage differences, the model enforces the physical order DT ≤ ST ≤ HT ≤ FT.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-1065

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Digital devices, social media and AI tools have brought convenience and connectivity and can have positive impacts on cognitive functions including attention and memory.

A Frontiers in Cognition review published in November 2023 surveyed how digital devices, social media platforms, and AI tools affect human cognition. It described these technologies as integral to daily life, bringing convenience and efficiency, while also examining their positive and negative influences on attention, memory, addiction, perception, decision-making, critical thinking and learning across different age groups.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-1055

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GainClimate· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Reinforcement learning provides intelligent, scalable and adaptive control for electric vehicle charging station operations to address grid constraints, renewable integration and dynamic pricing.

Published October 1, 2025 as a peer-reviewed review in Energies, the paper surveys reinforcement learning for electric vehicle charging station management. It describes growing operational complexity driven by grid constraints, renewable integration, user variability and dynamic pricing, and maps how RL methods have been applied across charging contexts.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-1054

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Supervised ML models, especially ensemble methods, predicted all-cause mortality in adult infective endocarditis with pooled AUC 0.85 for both in-hospital/early and 6-month mortality, outperforming conventional scores.

A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis of 8 studies with 5503 adult patients evaluated supervised machine learning models to predict all-cause mortality in infective endocarditis, a condition described as often fatal despite surgical and antibiotic advances. Five studies were pooled, showing strong discrimination for both in-hospital/early and 6-month mortality.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Sep 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-1049

AI problems · 631

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ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-enabled medical devices create dynamic, data-dependent hazards that current ISO 14971, AAMI CR34971 and EU AI Act approaches address only in fragmented form, leaving gaps in hazard linkage, control adequacy, and lifecycle monitoring.

A peer-reviewed review published August 13, 2026 examined how AI-enabled medical devices challenge traditional safety-risk management. Drawing on 19 academic and regulatory sources, it found ISO 14971, AAMI CR34971 and the EU AI Act each cover parts of device safety and algorithmic governance but remain fragmented in practice.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 15, 2026 · TRV-2026-0771

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Prompt-engineered simplification performed significantly worse for completeness and harmfulness in specific diagnoses and provided generic education disconnected from pathological findings.

A peer-reviewed survey study from January to April 2025 asked 52 US dermatology and dermatopathology professionals to rate AI-simplified versions of six fictitious dermatopathology reports. One version used Basic ChatGPT-4.0 with a simple prompt and the other used a custom DermDecoder GPT with a structured 489-word prompt, evaluated for factualness, completeness, and potential harm.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 15, 2026 · TRV-2026-0766

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

When used zero-shot to identify lumbar disc herniations on sagittal MRI, Gemini 3.1 Pro produced low specificity and a substantial false-positive burden, with T1+T2 input performing worse than T1-only.

Researchers tested Gemini 3.1 Pro in a zero-shot setting to detect lumbar disc herniations on sagittal MRI from 119 SPIDER cases (26% prevalence). Using only the mid-sagittal slice and a forced binary prompt, T1-only achieved 70% accuracy with 58% sensitivity and 74% specificity, while paired T1+T2 achieved 58% accuracy with 77% sensitivity and 51% specificity.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0758

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Current AI toxicity models are limited by black-box opacity that lowers transparency and regulatory confidence, with most explainable AI applications still stuck at computational or preclinical stage.

On August 12, 2026, a review in the International Journal of Toxicology summarized AI and machine learning use in toxicological risk assessment to predict chemical toxicity and support regulatory decisions, noting that explainable AI methods like SHAP and LIME are being explored to make model decisions interpretable.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%94

Updated Aug 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0757

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 16, 2026, 3:10 AM