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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 · 641

61
GainMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Spotify will launch an AI Persona badge in mid-September to clearly identify AI-generated producers as not real people, increasing transparency about how music on its platform was made.

On August 11, 2026, Spotify said it would introduce a new "AI Persona" badge in mid-September to mark content producers that are AI-generated and not real people. The company framed it as its latest transparency measure about how music on its platform was made.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0737

61
GainPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Meta's release of free-to-download open-weight models framed as personalized superintelligence gives states, companies and individuals more control over AI values and creates a balance of power versus concentration in a few firms.

On August 10 2026 Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay outlining Meta's AI strategy and released a new open-source model called Muse Glimmer. The essay advocated for free-to-download open-weight models, user-defined values, minimal government regulation, and accelerated datacenter construction with community investment.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 11, 2026 · TRV-2026-0730

61
GainLifestyle· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI app Spacelift designing full gardens at Chelsea is presented as expanding access for homeowners priced out of professional design and benefiting the profession with better-informed clients.

On 13 May 2026 The Guardian reported a dispute ahead of Chelsea Flower Show after award-winning designer Matt Keightley announced he would use artificial intelligence to design his exhibit and launch Spacelift, an app said to replicate garden designersa0 work. The app is to exhibit three full-sized gardens at the Royal Hospital gardens designed entirely by the platform.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0332

61
GainOther· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Chinese start-ups are mass-producing dextrous robotic hands using China's EV and manufacturing supply chain, aiming to make humanoid robots useful for household tasks and to provide low-cost prosthetic hands for amputees.

By July 2026, Chinese start-ups including LinkerBot and Wuji Technology were leveraging China's EV supply chain and government push for embodied AI to mass-produce dextrous robotic hands. LinkerBot reported about 5,000 hands per month, and Chinese media put the dextrous hand industry at over 50bn yuan in 2025, up from 13bn yuan in 2024.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0287

61
GainBusiness· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

KPMG Australia used its own AI detection tools to identify staff who cheated on internal training exams.

In early 2026 KPMG Australia reported that over two dozen employees, including a partner fined A$10,000, had been caught using AI tools to cheat on internal exams since July 2025, with the cheating detected by the firm's own AI detection systems during a course focused on AI itself.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0113

60
GainClimate· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI trained to recognize stoat shape and movement on heat-detecting cameras triggers alerts to trapping teams, supporting an eradication effort that by October 2025 was associated with a 1,267% increase in curlew hatching chance on Orkney mainland

On Orkney in far north Scotland, RSPB Scotland deployed an AI programme that identifies stoats on heat-detecting cameras and sends alerts to trapping teams via computers and mobile apps. The tool supports a 10-year, £16m eradication effort using thousands of traps and detection dogs to remove invasive stoats that arrived around 2011 and spread across 58,000 hectares.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0117

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GainMedia & Arts· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Series Entertainment's RUN platform allows users to create new games in days rather than longer development cycles.

On August 25, 2026, Variety reported that Series Entertainment launched RUN, a platform described as bringing vibe gaming to life. The platform is presented as AI-enabled and aimed at letting users create new games with a much shorter build time.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%100

Updated Aug 26, 2026 · TRV-2026-0888

AI problems · 514

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