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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 machine learning models can rapidly generate biomolecular structures and propose conformational ensembles for recognition events with high predictive performance.

Published July 17, 2026, this perspective argues that quantitative prediction of biomolecular recognition requires moving beyond static structures to ensemble-based thermodynamic and kinetic observables. It reviews physics-based sampling under approximate Hamiltonians and modern machine learning models that learn from structural and bioactivity data.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0244

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

MLFFs provide high accuracy with high efficiency for atomic-level studies of inorganic crystalline materials, overcoming traditional limits in structure prediction, properties, defects, and phase transitions.

On 2026-07-17, a review in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics summarized machine learning force fields for inorganic crystalline materials, describing how they combine first-principles accuracy with classical force-field efficiency to enable atomic-level studies across structural prediction, physical properties, defects and interfaces, and phase transitions.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0243

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Deep learning CT segmentation using Comp2Comp enabled compartment-specific measurement of visceral adipose tissue, subcutaneous fat, and muscle, revealing sustained visceral fat reduction after metabolic and bariatric surgery that BMI alone does not capture.

Researchers retrospectively analyzed prospectively collected abdominal CTs using Comp2Comp, a validated deep learning pipeline that automatically segments visceral adipose tissue, subcutaneous adipose tissue, and skeletal muscle. They studied 435 adults with BMI >=25 for baseline BMI-VAT relationships and 39 metabolic and bariatric surgery patients with 151 scans followed up to 89 months to track compartment changes.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0236

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

First-year medical students showed a modest net improvement in accuracy after reviewing ChatGPT-generated answers, because incorrect-to-correct changes exceeded correct-to-incorrect changes.

In a July 2026 peer-reviewed study, 57 first-year medical students completed 24 paired clinical and foundational questions during a pediatric nephrology and urology case-based session, answering individually, then viewing a ChatGPT-generated answer that was deliberately correct or incorrect, and re-answering.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0235

AI problems · 519

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ProblemEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Assigning sixth-grade students in a Brooklyn middle school to use Google Gemini for feedback on a science experiment risks teaching students to outsource thinking to machines instead of peer discussion and revision

In October, a sixth-grade student at a middle school in Brooklyn received an assignment to create a science experiment and then ask Google Gemini for feedback. His mother, Kelly Clancy, objected to the teacher and later founded Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces, which is pushing for a two-year moratorium on AI in New York City public schools.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0087

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ProblemCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Criminals using artificial intelligence to run investment scams persuaded UK victims to move money into fake funds, causing about £221.5m in losses in 2025

UK Finance reported almost 15,000 investment scams in 2025, with about £221.5m lost after people were persuaded to move money to fake investments or fictitious funds, a 40% rise on the prior year. The report said criminals use artificial intelligence to dupe people and that advances in AI make large-scale scams easier, with schemes involving gold, cryptocurrencies and wine.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0084

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ProblemSports· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

At Wimbledon 2025, the new AI electronic line-judging system failed to spot an out ball hit long by Sonay Kartal.

At Wimbledon in July 2025, organizers replaced 300 human line judges with an artificial intelligence electronic line-judging system. Shortly after deployment, the new system failed to detect that player Sonay Kartal had hit a ball long during a match.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0083

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ProblemCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Criminals exploiting AI technology to take over mobile, banking and online shopping accounts contributed to a record 444,000 fraud reports to the UK national fraud database last year.

Cifas, the UK's fraud prevention organisation, reported 444,000 fraud cases from its members last year, a 6% rise on 2024 and a record for its national fraud database. The body said criminals are increasingly exploiting AI technology to take over mobile, banking and online shopping accounts, using stolen data to make unauthorised transactions and enabling deception on industrialised levels.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0081

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 9:20 AM