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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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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Dynamic class-specific F1-score weighting with ECF1V increased ensemble classification accuracy to 98.25% on Breast Cancer Wisconsin and 89.47% on UCI Heart Disease datasets, outperforming conventional voting under non-linear and imbalanced conditions.

Researchers developed three adaptive ensemble voting methods that assign weights based on per-class F1-scores from validation instead of overall accuracy. They tested the approaches on Gaussian Mixture, Spiral, and Moon synthetic datasets and on the Breast Cancer Wisconsin and UCI Heart Disease datasets, comparing against majority, weighted, and soft voting.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%100

Updated Aug 26, 2026 · TRV-2026-0895

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GainCrime· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Supervised logistic regression distinguished dominant versus non-dominant handwriting with 92.98% test accuracy using execution-quality features, providing quantitative benchmarks to support forensic evaluation of suspected off-hand disguise.

Researchers collected paired samples from 94 right-handed participants who each wrote the same standardized text with dominant and non-dominant hands, then scored 13 general and 19 individual characteristics. They found statistically significant differences in 61.5% of general and 57.9% of individual characteristics and trained a supervised logistic regression model to distinguish hand use.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%100

Updated Aug 26, 2026 · TRV-2026-0889

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

An ITO/CuBi2O4/LaNiO3 heterojunction sensor with machine learning analysis identified 9 biocide types and 5 ethanol concentration gradients with 98.7% overall accuracy.

Researchers built an optical sensor based on an ITO/CuBi2O4/LaNiO3 heterojunction with a hydrophobic surface that turns the curvature changes of moving biocide droplets into photocurrent signals. Machine learning was used to extract and analyze feature peaks from those signals to classify liquids.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%100

Updated Aug 25, 2026 · TRV-2026-0876

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Artificial intelligence-based deep learning model (DLM) analysis may improve accuracy. Results Intraclass correlation between Fick- and DLM-derived Qp:Qs was 0.782 (P 1.5: 90% specificity, 98% sensitivity, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC] 98%; predicting Qp:Qs Conclusion Deep learning-based analysis of CXRs enables accurate evaluation of pulmonary vascularity and outperforms structured assessment by clinicians.

Background Assessment of pulmonary vascularity on chest radiographs (CXRs) in congenital heart disease (CHD) is limited by subjectivity, and existing criteria lack sufficient validation. Artificial intelligence-based deep learning model (DLM) analysis may improve accuracy.

Impact 30%69
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%99

Updated Aug 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0848

AI problems · 514

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

Generative AI may amplify existing dysfunctions of streaming platforms, threaten livelihoods of music professionals, and raise governance and transparency concerns.

Published December 5, 2025, this peer-reviewed study investigated how AI and Generative AI affect music streaming. Using two focus groups with users and with artists/performers, it explored perceptions of AI-generated music for listening and for artists' position and opportunities within the streaming model.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0410

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ProblemLabor· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Human contributions were invisibilised in AI-foregrounded products, with potential displacement in ideation and persistent deskilling and precarious flexible employment for small creative firms.

Published October 28 2024, this peer-reviewed study examined 6 commercial products using AI in creative industries to assess labor market effects. It found AI products were more labor intensive than traditional media because they required both traditional production skills and new computational expertise, while also enabling broader exploration in the ideation phase.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0350

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ProblemClimate· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Expanding AI and digital infrastructure for automation increases demand for computing energy, raising concerns about data center efficiency and carbon footprint under the Green AI vs Red AI divide.

By March 2026, this peer-reviewed overview described how AI-based automation in Industry 4.0 optimized production, logistics, and resource management to reduce waste and energy use, and how Industry 5.0 expanded that with human-machine collaboration, generative AI, digital twins, and decentralized smart grids and microgrids.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Jul 19, 2026 · TRV-2026-0281

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ProblemSports· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Practical utility of machine learning in sport was often limited by issues of data quality, interpretability, and accessibility for end users such as athletes and coaches.

A scoping review published May 25, 2026 examined 270 peer-reviewed studies from 2002 to 2024 on machine learning in sport. It found applications across 12 subject areas, most frequently computer science, biomechanics, and sport psychology, with common uses in action recognition, injury prediction/prevention, and athlete selection/talent identification.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%60
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0186

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