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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· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Musicians licensing their voice and catalogs to generative AI platforms like Udio and Suno can receive royalties and retain control through opt-in deals.

On 5 December 2025, The Guardian reported Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart urging musicians to license their voices and skills to generative AI platforms, as Universal partnered with Udio and Warner with Suno to allow user-generated music based on label artists. Stewart launched Rare Entity with Dom Joseph and Rich Britton to fund creative ventures without taking underlying intellectual property.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0336

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

When deployed as assistive tooling, an AI radiologist paired with a human radiologist can produce more accurate diagnostic analysis.

Published 22 June 2026 as a Guardian book review, the piece summarizes Cory Doctorow's argument that AI's current rollout is driven by tech valuations tied to replacing worker salaries, illustrated by the contrast between a centaur model where a human radiologist works with AI for better accuracy and a reverse centaur model where humans become error-prone checkers.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0335

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

Proponents claim AI actor Tilly Norwood could offer a more ethical production option by sparing human performers from gruelling physical transformations or dangerous stunts and enabling hybrid features.

On 2026-07-10, The Guardian reported that London-based Particle 6 plans a feature film Misaligned starring AI-generated performer Tilly Norwood, billed as set inside the Tillyverse, a surreal digital world located somewhere up in the cloud. The studio said it retrained its 30-plus team in AI production to create hybrid features.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0334

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

The Lanarkshire AI datacentre complex was presented as delivering jobs and prosperity while being powered entirely from on-site renewables with up to 1GW of new energy infrastructure by 2030.

A Guardian investigation published 6 July 2026 examined the £8.2bn Lanarkshire AI datacentre complex in Airdrie, developed by CoreWeave and DataVita and announced in January as the first UK AI growth zone to be powered entirely from on-site renewables by 2030. Documents obtained through freedom of information and analysis of planning records indicate the project lacks the land, installed renewables, and grid-independent solution to meet its 1GW claim.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0323

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

When used thoughtfully in higher education, large language models can enhance teaching and learning by letting students generate and then critique outputs against primary sources.

On 24 September 2025 The Guardian published three letters responding to warnings about AI in universities. Contributors from Leeds, Hosei, and Nottingham debated whether large language models should be integrated through critical use and redesigned assessment, or whether current practices already allow coursework to be outsourced to AI.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0319

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

Tzayad digital army program using AI to support tactical decision-making increased speed of fire support and enabled detection of 850,000 real-time intel targets across Gaza and Lebanon theaters.

On 6 July 2026 The Guardian reported that Elbit Systems said Israel's Tzayad digital army programme detected 850,000 real-time intel targets between 7 October 2023 and end of 2025 across Gaza, Lebanon and other theatres, averaging about 1,000 a day. The presentation at a RUSI conference in London said the system cut external fire support from 40 to 50 minutes to one to seven minutes and enabled over 46,000 joint strikes on real-time intel, with a new contract to add AI for tactical decision-making.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0300

56
GainMedia & Arts· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

When given proper time and human oversight, AI tools for sets, lighting and imagery can produce film visuals that are effectively invisible and sharply reduce production budgets.

In April 2026 coverage, Steven Soderbergh said he used generative AI for surreal dream-space images in a John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary and plans extensive AI for a Spanish-American war film, while other filmmakers including James Cameron, Doug Liman and Darren Aronofsky were described as investing in, joining boards of, or using AI for sets, lighting and web series.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0295

AI problems · 514

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Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 12:55 AM