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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)

A CNN with contrastive learning and mixed-attention fusion of multimodal MRI and demographic data achieved test set ACC 0.855 and AUC 0.919 for preoperative identification of pineal region germinoma, outperforming single-modality models.

Researchers developed a multimodal MRI-based deep learning model to non-invasively identify germinomas among pineal region tumors before surgery. Using 114 pathologically confirmed cases divided into training and test sets, a CNN with contrastive learning and a mixed-attention fusion of MRI sequences and demographic data was evaluated against single-modality models.

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

Updated Aug 18, 2026 · TRV-2026-0825

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Automated fundus-image analysis for diabetic retinopathy enables earlier screening and classification that can prevent vision loss in diabetic patients.

On 2026-08-17, a review in Graefe's Archive summarized automated diabetic retinopathy detection and classification using fundus images, surveying ML, DL and hybrid methods, their datasets, pre-processing and metrics, and noting newer ensemble, transformer and attention approaches.

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

Updated Aug 18, 2026 · TRV-2026-0824

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Psychiatric nursing internship students who used the ChatGPT-based virtual patient with a structured prompting framework showed higher MSE competency after the intervention.

Researchers tested an AI-powered virtual patient application built on ChatGPT to teach Mental Status Examination skills to 27 psychiatric nursing internship students. Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, they measured competency before and after the structured prompting intervention and then interviewed 18 students about their experience.

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

Updated Aug 18, 2026 · TRV-2026-0820

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A hybrid quantum-classical model combining variational quantum circuits with ESM2 achieved statistically significant improvements over classical baselines for multi-class IDR binding partner prediction.

Researchers developed a hybrid quantum-classical machine learning approach that pairs variational quantum circuits with the ESM2 protein language model in a prototypical network to predict binding partners of Intrinsically Disordered Regions across multiple classes including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and metal ions.

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

Updated Aug 18, 2026 · TRV-2026-0819

AI problems · 631

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Emotional AI systems using CBT face challenges with complex emotional understanding, inaccurate emotion recognition, ethical and privacy risks, and inability to truly empathize.

By December 2025, a peer-reviewed review in Discover Psychology examined how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been integrated into emotional AI systems, including chatbots and large language models, to detect mental health issues and deliver guided self-reflection and cognitive restructuring.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0429

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ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Over-reliance on AI tools is associated with diminished analytical skills, reduced critical thinking and engagement, and ethical risks including academic dishonesty and data privacy issues.

Researchers surveyed 226 undergraduate and postgraduate students at major universities in Mogadishu to examine how over-reliance on AI relates to learning outcomes, and how ethical concerns and institutional policies moderate that relationship.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0428

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ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Bias in training data and other issues including ethics, replication, environmental impact, and proliferation of low-quality research can negatively impact social science research using generative AI.

This PNAS perspective from May 2024 argues that generative AI capable of realistic text and image generation could enhance social science research methods. It points to survey research, online experiments, automated content analysis, and agent-based models as areas where such tools might improve study of human behavior.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0426

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ProblemEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Same review identifies persistent risks in those settings including data privacy violations, algorithmic bias, unequal access, and erosion of relational and cultural aspects of teaching, described as an empathy gap in AI tools.

A December 2025 systematic review of 40 articles from 2015-2025 examined how AI is used in bi/multilingual education, focusing on personalized learning, intelligent tutoring systems and chatbots, and automated assessment. It reported that adaptive feedback and real-time analytics were associated with higher student engagement, learning performance and teaching efficiency in multiliteracy language learning.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0423

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 5:02 PM