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

Quantitative stylometry using Burrows' Delta can reliably separate LLM-generated short stories from human-authored stories, providing a measurable tool for authenticity and authorship checks.

Researchers compared human-authored short stories with stories generated by GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Llama 70b in response to the same prompts, using Burrows' Delta and clustering methods including hierarchical clustering and multidimensional scaling to visualize stylistic relationships.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 25, 2026 · TRV-2026-0883

68
GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-assisted analysis of interview data from a quality improvement evaluation generated four themes that were replicable and grounded in the data.

In a quality improvement program evaluation, researchers used artificial intelligence to identify themes in interview data. By the publication date of 2026-08-24, the approach had produced four replicable themes grounded in the data, while also generating two consistently identified themes that were subtle misrepresentations.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 25, 2026 · TRV-2026-0881

68
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Machine learning and deep learning models trained on MALDI-TOF spectra improved rapid classification of bacteria versus viruses, Gram-positive versus Gram-negative, and individual species, with Extra Trees showing best generalization to an external highly pathogenic bacteria dataset.

Researchers combined MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry with eight machine learning and two deep learning models trained with 5-fold cross validation on 255 spectra from seven bacteria and five viruses, then tested three top performers against an external Robert Koch Institute database of highly pathogenic bacteria.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 25, 2026 · TRV-2026-0880

68
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A lifecycle-oriented operational framework with nine measures was proposed to engineer transparency into AI-enabled medical devices to improve regulatory readiness and calibrated clinical trust.

Published August 2026, this peer-reviewed synthesis addresses transparency as a foundational condition for trustworthy AI in healthcare. It finds current methods to operationalize transparency across AI-enabled medical devices are fragmented, and proposes a SaMD lifecycle framework to map regulatory and standards requirements to concrete development and governance steps.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 25, 2026 · TRV-2026-0879

AI problems · 631

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-driven decision support systems cause erosion of medical expertise and reduction of opportunities for skill acquisition, creating risks of skill degradation and vulnerabilities in clinical judgment among medical professionals.

As of August 2025, this peer-reviewed mixed-method review synthesized existing literature on AI in healthcare, finding that AI-driven decision support systems reshape clinical practice by offering enhanced decision-making while simultaneously being linked to deskilling and upskilling inhibition among medical professionals.

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

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0490

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

Black-box sub-symbolic AI, particularly deep learning, computes predictions without explaining rationale, creating opacity and lack of transparency for end users.

This peer-reviewed survey from September 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of Explainable Artificial Intelligence, covering foundational concepts, terminology, taxonomy of methods and application domains including healthcare, finance, law and autonomous systems.

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

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0489

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

Personalized nutrition using digital health and AI faces unresolved challenges including data privacy risks, cost disparities, and need for robust clinical validation before widespread use.

By September 2025, a peer-reviewed review in Food Science & Nutrition described an emerging model that combines continuous glucose monitors, AI-driven meal planning, and mobile health apps to tailor nutrition for diabetes and obesity based on genetic, epigenetic, microbiome, and real-time metabolic data.

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

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0488

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ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Frontier Large Reasoning Models face a complete accuracy collapse beyond certain puzzle complexities and exhibit a counterintuitive scaling limit where reasoning effort declines despite adequate token budget.

Published September 23, 2025, this peer-reviewed study systematically tested frontier Large Reasoning Models that generate detailed thinking processes before answering. Using controllable puzzle environments to vary compositional complexity, the authors analyzed final accuracy and internal reasoning traces and compared LRMs to standard LLMs under equivalent inference compute.

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

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0487

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