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The record holds 929 sourced gains and 770 sourced problems, averaging 68 and 66 on the index score. Readers have logged 22 public signals on the Pulse, which is kept apart and never counted as evidence.

929 gains
770 problems
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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 · 929

871
ScienceStableModerate evidence · 1 source

A new AI mode provides a single control system that lets humanoid robots run, jump, and handle tasks using natural whole-body movements driven by teleoperation, video, text, and music inputs.

On August 12, 2026, Interesting Engineering reported a new AI mode for humanoid robots that consolidates teleoperation, video, text and music into a single control interface to generate natural, whole-body movements.

Impact 30%
49
Evidence 25%
62
Scale 20%
35
Confidence 15%
62
Recency 10%
89

Updated Aug 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0742

55Index score
872
Media & ArtsStableModerate evidence · 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%
89

Updated Aug 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0741

55Index score
874
Media & ArtsStableModerate evidence · 1 source

Spotify will add an AI Persona badge to identify AI-generated artist profiles, giving listeners explicit disclosure of AI artists on the platform.

On August 11, 2026, reporting described Spotify planning to add a new disclosure for AI artists, with a rollout beginning in mid-September of an AI Persona badge applied to artist profiles.

Impact 30%
49
Evidence 25%
62
Scale 20%
35
Confidence 15%
62
Recency 10%
89

Updated Aug 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0735

55Index score
875
Media & ArtsStableModerate evidence · 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%
89

Updated Aug 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0734

55Index score
876
HealthStableModerate evidence · 1 source

Scientists used AI to generate 16 viable non-natural viruses, enabling design of customized phages to kill drug-resistant bacteria.

On 2026-08-10, researchers led by Stanford reported in Science that they used AI to design and create 16 viable viruses that do not exist in nature. The work is presented as a world first in synthetic virology.

Impact 30%
49
Evidence 25%
62
Scale 20%
35
Confidence 15%
62
Recency 10%
88

Updated Aug 11, 2026 · TRV-2026-0732

55Index score
878
ScienceStableModerate evidence · 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%
88

Updated Aug 10, 2026 · TRV-2026-0723

55Index score

AI problems · 770

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Recomputed live from the record · Oct 11, 2026, 4:12 AM