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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 · 649

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Data-driven ML and DL models can leverage extensive geoscience data to glean insights without exhaustive theoretical knowledge, and hybrid physics-guided models show enhanced efficiency with reduced training data needs.

This peer-reviewed review from August 2024 examines the evolution of geoscience inquiry from traditional physics-based numerical models to modern data-driven ML and DL approaches enabled by advances in AI and data collection. It describes how data-driven models leverage large geoscience datasets and how hybrid models that embed domain knowledge aim to improve efficiency and reduce training data needs.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0370

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

AI methods enable personalized sustainability courses and tools like adaptive learning systems and carbon footprint calculators for environmental literacy.

Published February 19, 2026, this PRISMA-based literature review examined how artificial intelligence intersects with environmental education to advance Quality Education and Climate Action goals. It surveyed applications of machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision and intelligent tutoring systems across different educational settings.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0368

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GainPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Deploying Automated Compliance Management Systems that continuously monitor a corporation's data footprint could help regulators overcome current limitations in preventing fraud, corruption and other non-compliance.

As of its September 2024 publication, this peer-reviewed article proposes a future regulatory model in which firms would be required or offered to deploy Automated Compliance Management Systems that use AI to continuously track corporate data footprints and flag potential violations for regulators.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0367

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GainCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Literature shows machine learning models are applied to detect financial fraud, with credit card fraud detection models most widely used.

Published September 3, 2024, this peer-reviewed literature review applied PRISMA and Kitchenham methods to 104 articles from 2012-2023 obtained from Scopus, IEEE Xplore, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, and ScienceDirect to map how machine learning is used to detect financial fraud and its types.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0366

AI problems · 520

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

A $2m-plus auction for debut crime novel Call Me, I'll Hide the Body collapsed and the manuscript was withdrawn after publishers and agents could no longer authenticate that AI was not used in its writing.

On 31 July 2026, The Guardian reported that the debut crime novel Call Me, I'll Hide the Body by Jerry Falade was withdrawn from sale after questions about AI use. Despite a reported $2m offer from Minotaur in a 14-way auction and competitive UK bidding, agents said they could no longer authenticate how the manuscript evolved and pulled the book ahead of a planned 2028 release.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 9, 2026 · TRV-2026-0698

56
ProblemEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

The same ability to compose functioning viral genomes with generative AI raises urgent biosafety, biocontainment and biosecurity considerations, with commentators warning governance to safely steer the technology does not yet exist.

On 2026-08-06, researchers led by Stanford reported the first viruses whose genomes were designed by AI. Using models called Evo1 and Evo2 trained on 2 million bacteriophage sequences, they generated thousands of designs, built nearly 300 in the lab, and obtained 16 viable bacteriophages that as a cocktail killed E. coli resistant to natural phages in dish experiments.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 7, 2026 · TRV-2026-0671

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

A German court ruled that AI music generator Suno infringed copyright by training on or using GEMA-represented works without permission and by obtaining music via stream-ripping.

On or before 2026-08-05, a German court ruled that AI music company Suno infringed copyright by using works represented by GEMA without permission and by downloading songs through stream-ripping.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%96

Updated Aug 6, 2026 · TRV-2026-0659

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 4:38 PM