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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

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

Roku's Fairground AI Creator TV channel delivers a free 24/7 stream sourced from about 100 AI creators with vanishingly low production costs compared to traditional TV.

On 12 August 2026 The Guardian reported on Roku's launch of Fairground AI Creator TV, described as the first free, all-AI streaming channel sourcing from about 100 creators. The author watched for several hours and described a disjointed lineup of anime, historical dramas, and low-budget epics marked by lip-sync errors and physics glitches.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0741

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

AI boyfriend apps like Glow and Replika provide Chinese women with soothing conversation, emotional affirmation and a tool for exploring personal needs during periods of loneliness and isolation.

A Guardian article from 11 August 2026 reports on Replica, a documentary by Chouwa Liang about three Chinese women who maintain long-term romantic companionships with AI boyfriends via apps like Glow, Replika and ChatGPT. Qin has spent 840 days with AI CEO Lu Chen, while Sonya and Muna use companions to manage loneliness, work stress, and marital dissatisfaction, including hiring cos weituo roleplayers to meet AI partners in person.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0734

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

GFCAB model designed to match single-cell data organization reduces repeated predictions and increases gene diversity, identifying rare but important signals, and shows smaller well-designed training sets can match larger ones while generalizing better.

Researchers introduced GFCAB, an AI model for single-cell transcriptomics based on Geneformer, designed to align with the organization of single-cell data. The model reduces repeated predictions and broadens gene consideration, yielding more diverse and biologically meaningful outputs.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-0723

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

Take-Two Interactive intensified DMCA-based removal of fake GTA 6 videos generated by AI from online platforms starting July 24, 2026.

On July 24, 2026, Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Grand Theft Auto 6, intensified efforts to remove fake videos about the game that were generated by artificial intelligence and posted to online platforms, using DMCA notices.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%97

Updated Aug 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-0722

AI problems · 514

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Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 2:52 AM