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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 · 649

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GainBusiness· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI automation of tasks is estimated to produce modest aggregate gains of no more than 0.66% TFP growth over 10 years based on task exposure and task-level cost savings.

This peer-reviewed paper models AI's macroeconomic impact as task-level automation and complementarity, using Hulten's theorem to translate the fraction of tasks impacted and average cost savings into GDP and TFP effects. Using existing exposure estimates, it calculates no more than a 0.66% TFP increase over 10 years, then revises down to less than 0.53% after accounting for the shift from easy-to-learn to hard-to-learn tasks.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0378

72
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

In a 308-person online survey of mostly urban women with high HPV history, 73.7% said they trusted an AI preliminary screening plus physician confirmation workflow for cervical screening, with 76% believing AI could shorten result waiting times.

On July 10 2026, a peer-reviewed cross-sectional study reported results from 308 online questionnaire responses about cervical HPV screening experiences. Most respondents were urban women aged 25-35, 76.30% reported a history of HPV infection, and 91.56% had undergone TCT. The study measured current distress points and attitudes toward AI-assisted diagnosis.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0329

72
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

In two Canadian diagnostic laboratories, AI-based PhenoMATRIX urine culture assessment enabled earlier availability of interpretable results and reduced time to result reporting by about 1.3 hours with automated PM+ release at a tertiary hospital and about 5.3 hours with earlier manual screening at a community lab.

By July 10 2026, a dual-center Canadian study reported before-and-after results for PhenoMATRIX, an AI-based software that provides continuous culture sorting and interpretation support for urine cultures on laboratory automation. Both a low-volume tertiary hospital and a high-volume community lab saw earlier availability of interpretable results, with measured TTRR changes of approximately 1.3 hours with PM+ automated release and approximately 5.3 hours with earlier manual review.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0322

72
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Custom GPT models completed all QUIPS domain judgments and reduced data-extraction time from 30.4 to 5.7 minutes per study in rheumatology systematic reviews.

Researchers nested a two-part methodological study within two PROSPERO-registered reviews to test customized GPT models on complex rheumatology evidence synthesis. Fifteen SLE metabolomics studies were used to compare human and GPT data extraction, and nineteen rheumatology prognostic studies were reappraised in 2025 with GPT-Reviewer against adjudicated human QUIPS ratings using weighted kappa.

Impact 30%63
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 20, 2026 · TRV-2026-0308

AI problems · 520

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

Artificial intelligence approaches for CT-based prediction of hematoma expansion and adverse outcomes after spontaneous ICH are limited by small cohorts, overfitting, dataset heterogeneity, insufficient external validation, poor interpretability and lack of workflow integration.

This peer-reviewed review in GeroScience appraises CT-based prediction of hematoma expansion after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, a major determinant of early deterioration. It compares contrast-enhanced signs like spot, leakage and iodine signs with non-contrast signs including blend, black hole, island, satellite, hypodensity and swirl signs, plus shape and heterogeneity, and evaluates composite scores and AI approaches including radiomics, machine learning and deep learning.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0810

68
ProblemHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI adoption in nursing risks replacing relationship-based person-centred fundamental care with algorithm-based care and causing professional infantilisation and loss of critical thinking.

On 2026-08-15 a discursive paper in Journal of Advanced Nursing explored post-humanism and AI in nursing and healthcare through critical reflection on contemporary and established literature. It concluded AI presents both potential benefit and severe threat to fundamental nursing care defined by patient/nurse relationships and patient-centredness carried out with critical reasoning.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0809

68
ProblemEducation· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Despite belief AI will revolutionise nursing education, actual implementation remains conservative at augmentation level with none achieving transformative redefinition.

A scoping review published August 15, 2026 examined how nursing academics perceive and use AI in nursing education, synthesizing 15 studies from eight countries with 2004 academics. It found most believe AI will revolutionise education but actual use is selective and conservative, concentrated at the augmentation level for productivity and research writing rather than assessment or transformative pedagogy.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0808

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

ML applications in clinical microbiology face typical challenges including class imbalance, limited generalization, robustness issues, and need for model interpretation and explainability to achieve robust performance under real-world variability.

Published August 15, 2026, this narrative review in Clinical Microbiology and Infection introduces the machine learning lifecycle from a clinical microbiology perspective, covering data preparation, model development, evaluation, and deployment, drawing on applied research and AI development guidelines for healthcare.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0800

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 2:41 PM