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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 · 787

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI and machine learning models are being applied to predict chemical toxicity and flag hazardous compounds to inform regulatory decisions, with XAI methods like SHAP and LIME improving interpretability.

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

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

Researchers built a DPMD-based machine learning force field with active learning for FLiBeU fuel salt and used it to systematically compute microstructure, thermophysical and transport properties across 773-1173 K and 3-50 mol% UF4.

Researchers developed a high-precision machine learning force field for the molten salt reactor fuel salt LiF-BeF2-UF4 using deep potential molecular dynamics combined with active learning, validated against density functional theory and experiments. They then used the model to systematically calculate microstructural metrics and thermophysical and transport properties across a wide temperature range of 773-1173 K and UF4 concentrations of 3-50 mol%.

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

Updated Aug 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0756

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Additional sectioning at 150 μm intervals with deep learning support detected isolated STIC or HGSC in BRCA1/2 carriers whose initial RRSO pathology was negative but who later developed peritoneal HGSC.

By August 2026, a Histopathology study re-examined fallopian tube tissue from 19 BRCA1/2 carriers who had undergone risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy around age 40. Using deeper sections cut at 150 μm intervals and a deep learning model to support STIC detection, the team found occult STIC or HGSC in all patients who later developed peritoneal HGSC despite having no STIC or HGSC at initial diagnosis.

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

Updated Aug 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0755

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Random survival forests models incorporating oxidative stress index score improved prediction of disease-free and overall survival for locally advanced rectal cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy, outperforming conventional ypStage and enabling risk stratification.

Researchers developed a novel oxidative stress index score from liver enzyme biomarkers and built machine learning models to predict disease-free survival and overall survival in 970 locally advanced rectal cancer patients treated at Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center. The training cohort received total neoadjuvant therapy and the validation cohort received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, followed by surgery.

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

Updated Aug 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0754

AI problems · 631

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

The EU AI Act's horizontal approach insufficiently addresses patient interests in healthcare, leaving gaps that require additional sector-specific guidelines.

In August 2024 the EU Artificial Intelligence Act entered into force as a legally binding framework governing AI development and use across the EU. The peer-reviewed overview published September 7, 2024 explains that healthcare is a top deployment sector and that the Act will significantly reform national policies and practices on health technology by imposing new obligations on tech developers, healthcare professionals, and public health authorities.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0359

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

Generative AI in education brings limitations, potential disruptions, ethical consequences, and risks of misuse if adopted hastily without efficacy and ethics review.

On September 2, 2024, a peer-reviewed commentary in Behaviour & Information Technology brought together nine experts to assess generative AI and large language models in education. The authors noted capabilities to enhance learning design, regulation of learning, and automated content, feedback, and assessment, while also flagging limitations, disruptions, ethical consequences, and misuses.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0358

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

Human evaluation practices for LLMs in healthcare show gaps in reliability, generalizability, and applicability, undermining assurance of safety and effectiveness.

Published September 28, 2024, this peer-reviewed review in npj Digital Medicine examined 142 studies of human evaluation methods for large language models in healthcare. The authors assessed how evaluations are designed and conducted, including dimensions evaluated, sample characteristics, evaluator recruitment, metrics, and analysis, and found systematic gaps in reliability, generalizability, and applicability.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0355

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

When deployed in criminal justice, social welfare, fraud detection and public health, standard ML models can produce unreliable and harmful predictions due to misalignment with public-sector realities.

This peer-reviewed paper from October 2024 examines why AI-driven decision-making systems becoming instrumental in the public sector often fail to translate predictive accuracy into better decisions, analyzing five challenges including distribution shifts, label bias, past decisions shaping data, competing objectives, and human-in-the-loop effects.

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

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0354

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 1:53 PM