Because of AI: changesEvery change to every entry in the registry, one item per change.https://becauseofai.orgenUpdated: The first generative-AI-discovered drug entered Phase III in September 2026 — no AI-discovered drug has yet been approved anywhere.https://becauseofai.org/entry/rentosertib-phase-3#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/rentosertib-phase-3#h-2Updated sources: the ClinicalTrials.gov record (NCT07687459) is the primary and the Insilico release is retyped as secondary; the registry matches the summary's size, sites and endpoint.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTupdatednot-yetVerified: Because of AI, stroke patients in England were 57% more likely to get a thrombectomy and reached specialist centres 64 minutes faster.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-2Verified the observation period (1 Jan 2019 to 31 Dec 2023) and e-publication date (2 Dec 2025) from the Lancet Digital Health abstract; window stays pre. Set the conflicts line from the author affiliations and funding.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTverifiedbecauseCorrected: Because of AI, TB case notifications rose 80% in a tribal district of Chhattisgarh, India, including 20 confirmed cases in people with no symptoms.https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-2Corrected the achieved dates to 1 Aug 2023 to 31 Mar 2024 (were Apr 2023 and open-ended) from the paper's methods; window stays pre. Set the conflicts line from the author affiliations.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcorrectedbecauseVerified: Because of AI, the Hurricane Center called a Category 5 landfall in Jamaica about three days out, while Melissa was still a Category 1.https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-2Verified the first explicit Category 5 forecast (NHC Discussion 18, 2100 UTC 25 Oct 2025, Melissa at 80 kt) and the Jamaica landfall time (1700 UTC 28 Oct); added the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report and both advisories as primary sources. Corrected the summary's "80-mph" to 80 kt (90 mph), as the discussion states.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTverifiedbecauseCorrected: Because of AI-assisted decision support, 10 fewer stroke patients per 1,000 had another stroke, heart attack, or vascular death within three months.https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-2Corrected the hazard ratio from 0.71 to 0.74 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.93) per the BMJ paper (PMC full text); replaced the EurekAlert press release with the BMJ paper (doi 10.1136/bmj-2025-085810) as primary and set the conflicts line from its funding and competing-interest statements.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcorrectedbecauseVerified: An AI-optimized antibody for severe asthma is in Phase 3 — no AI-designed antibody has been approved.https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-4https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-4Verified the SOLAIRIA-2 registry record (NCT07359846, 786 planned, started 20 Jan 2026) and added it as primary; this closes the verify note. The editor's review is still outstanding, so the entry stays unreviewed.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTverifiednot-yetunreviewedVerified: Three FireSat satellites launched in July 2026 to spot 5×5 m fires from orbit; no fire-response outcome has been measured yet.https://becauseofai.org/entry/firesat-constellation#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/firesat-constellation#h-2Verified the deployment against the operator's release (Muon Space, 7 July 2026) and added it as primary; added a verify note on the 50+ by 2030 figure.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTverifiednot-yetCorrected: Because of AI, a baby girl was born to a couple who had been told there was no sperm to work with.https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-2Corrected the birth month to November 2025 (was end 2025-12) per TIME; replaced the EurekAlert release with the Lancet letter (doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01623-X) as primary and settled which couple was first.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcorrectedbecauseRe-graded: AI-personalized computer-assisted learning did no better than non-personalized software for 8,647 rural Chinese primary students.https://becauseofai.org/entry/china-ai-cal-null#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/china-ai-cal-null#h-2Re-graded window to pre: the AEA registry (AEARCTR-0007888) dates the intervention 4 April to 14 June 2021; added the registry as a primary source.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTre-gradednot-becauseChange: Because of AI, there were an estimated 841 fewer injury-causing crashes across 270 million driverless miles.https://becauseofai.org/entry/waymo-injury-crashes#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/waymo-injury-crashes#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, there were an estimated 841 fewer injury-causing crashes across 270 million driverless miles.https://becauseofai.org/entry/waymo-injury-crashes#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/waymo-injury-crashes#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: Displaying AI deterioration-risk scores on a cardiology ward did not improve patient outcomes across 10,422 admissions.https://becauseofai.org/entry/uva-comet-deterioration-null#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/uva-comet-deterioration-null#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-becauseChange: Because of AI, 284 UCLA clinicians reported modestly lower task load and burnout from a chart summarizer — while saving no time and mostly not recommending it.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucla-chart-summarizer-rct#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucla-chart-summarizer-rct#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, 284 UCLA clinicians reported modestly lower task load and burnout from a chart summarizer — while saving no time and mostly not recommending it.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucla-chart-summarizer-rct#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucla-chart-summarizer-rct#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, a man with ALS has spoken with his family and kept working from home for two years through a brain implant, at up to 99% word accuracy.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucd-als-speech-bci#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucd-als-speech-bci#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, a man with ALS has spoken with his family and kept working from home for two years through a brain implant, at up to 99% word accuracy.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucd-als-speech-bci#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/ucd-als-speech-bci#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: An AI stethoscope rolled out to 205 NHS GP practices did not significantly increase heart-failure detection at 12 months.https://becauseofai.org/entry/tricorder-ai-stethoscope-null#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/tricorder-ai-stethoscope-null#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-becauseChange: Because of AI (plus tablets and pair work), junior secondary students in Sierra Leone gained about 0.26 standard deviations in math in eight weeks.https://becauseofai.org/entry/sierra-leone-gemini-math#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/sierra-leone-gemini-math#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI (plus tablets and pair work), junior secondary students in Sierra Leone gained about 0.26 standard deviations in math in eight weeks.https://becauseofai.org/entry/sierra-leone-gemini-math#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/sierra-leone-gemini-math#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: The first generative-AI-discovered drug entered Phase III in September 2026 — no AI-discovered drug has yet been approved anywhere.https://becauseofai.org/entry/rentosertib-phase-3#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/rentosertib-phase-3#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-yetChange: Because of AI, stroke patients in England were 57% more likely to get a thrombectomy and reached specialist centres 64 minutes faster.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, stroke patients in England were 57% more likely to get a thrombectomy and reached specialist centres 64 minutes faster.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-stroke-ai-imaging#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, about a third of urgent skin-cancer referrals at some NHS hospitals got a same-day all-clear without waiting weeks for a dermatologist.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-3NICE guidance page is now the primary for the early value assessment; the news article that stood in for it is secondary (DAV-313).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseChange: Because of AI, about a third of urgent skin-cancer referrals at some NHS hospitals got a same-day all-clear without waiting weeks for a dermatologist.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, about a third of urgent skin-cancer referrals at some NHS hospitals got a same-day all-clear without waiting weeks for a dermatologist.https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/nhs-derm-skin-cancer#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, Swedish mammography screening found 29% more cancers with 44% less radiologist reading time, and 12% fewer cancers surfaced between screens.https://becauseofai.org/entry/masai-ai-mammography#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/masai-ai-mammography#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, Swedish mammography screening found 29% more cancers with 44% less radiologist reading time, and 12% fewer cancers surfaced between screens.https://becauseofai.org/entry/masai-ai-mammography#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/masai-ai-mammography#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: A GPT-4o tutor built into a university learning platform was associated with lower grades in a 2,379-student randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-3The editor has not yet read the working paper; published unreviewed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangenot-becauseunreviewedChange: A GPT-4o tutor built into a university learning platform was associated with lower grades in a 2,379-student randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-2Weekly run: EdWorkingPaper primary source added (entry now renders); effect size recorded from the abstract.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangenot-becauseunreviewedAdded: A GPT-4o tutor built into a university learning platform was associated with lower grades in a 2,379-student randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/maryland-ai-tutor-negative#h-1Added — needs primary source before it renders.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-becauseunreviewedChange: A GPT-4o assistant built into the medical record improved Kenyan clinicians' notes and plans but did not reduce treatment failure for 9,691 patients.https://becauseofai.org/entry/kenya-ai-consult-null#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/kenya-ai-consult-null#h-2The editor has not yet read the Nature Medicine paper; published unreviewed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangenot-becauseunreviewedAdded: A GPT-4o assistant built into the medical record improved Kenyan clinicians' notes and plans but did not reduce treatment failure for 9,691 patients.https://becauseofai.org/entry/kenya-ai-consult-null#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/kenya-ai-consult-null#h-1Added by weekly research run; verified against the open-access full text.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-becauseunreviewedChange: Because of AI, TB case notifications rose 80% in a tribal district of Chhattisgarh, India, including 20 confirmed cases in people with no symptoms.https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, TB case notifications rose 80% in a tribal district of Chhattisgarh, India, including 20 confirmed cases in people with no symptoms.https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/india-tribal-tb-ai-cxr#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, the Hurricane Center called a Category 5 landfall in Jamaica about three days out, while Melissa was still a Category 1.https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, the Hurricane Center called a Category 5 landfall in Jamaica about three days out, while Melissa was still a Category 1.https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/hurricane-melissa-2025#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI-assisted decision support, 10 fewer stroke patients per 1,000 had another stroke, heart attack, or vascular death within three months.https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI-assisted decision support, 10 fewer stroke patients per 1,000 had another stroke, heart attack, or vascular death within three months.https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/golden-bridge-ii-stroke#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: An AI-optimized antibody for severe asthma is in Phase 3 — no AI-designed antibody has been approved.https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-3The editor has not yet read the registry record; published unreviewed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangenot-yetunreviewedChange: An AI-optimized antibody for severe asthma is in Phase 3 — no AI-designed antibody has been approved.https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-2Weekly run: ClinicalTrials.gov primary added (entry now renders); headline patient count removed — registry shows 786 planned for SOLAIRIA-1, not ~1,600.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangenot-yetunreviewedAdded: An AI-optimized antibody for severe asthma is in Phase 3 — no AI-designed antibody has been approved.https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/gb-0895-phase-3#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-yetunreviewedChange: Because of AI, 30 hearing-aid users understood far more words in heavy noise — according to the company that makes the device.https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseChange: Because of AI, 30 hearing-aid users understood far more words in heavy noise — according to the company that makes the device.https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-2Weekly run: 30-person trial confirmed in IJA (Oct 2026); journal source added, caveat updated, grades unchanged.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, 30 hearing-aid users understood far more words in heavy noise — according to the company that makes the device.https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/fortell-ai-hearing-aids#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: Google's urban flash-flood model now gives up to 24 hours' notice worldwide; whether anyone acted on an alert hasn't been measured.https://becauseofai.org/entry/flood-hub-flash-floods#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/flood-hub-flash-floods#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-yetAdded: Three FireSat satellites launched in July 2026 to spot 5×5 m fires from orbit; no fire-response outcome has been measured yet.https://becauseofai.org/entry/firesat-constellation#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/firesat-constellation#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-yetChange: Because of AI, Northumbrian Water stopped losing about 6.4 million litres of drinking water a day.https://becauseofai.org/entry/fido-northumbrian-leaks#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/fido-northumbrian-leaks#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, Northumbrian Water stopped losing about 6.4 million litres of drinking water a day.https://becauseofai.org/entry/fido-northumbrian-leaks#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/fido-northumbrian-leaks#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: Every Cure's AI ranks 75 million drug–disease pairs; its patient wins so far came from clinicians or predate the window.https://becauseofai.org/entry/every-cure-repurposing#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/every-cure-repurposing#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-yetChange: Because of AI, 1,660 TB cases were found in Ethiopia between January 2025 and March 2026 in screening programs that had no radiologist to read the X-rays.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ethiopia-tb-ai-cxr#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/ethiopia-tb-ai-cxr#h-2Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, 1,660 TB cases were found in Ethiopia between January 2025 and March 2026 in screening programs that had no radiologist to read the X-rays.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ethiopia-tb-ai-cxr#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/ethiopia-tb-ai-cxr#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, a baby girl was born to a couple who had been told there was no sperm to work with.https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, a baby girl was born to a couple who had been told there was no sperm to work with.https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/columbia-star-birth#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseAdded: AI-personalized computer-assisted learning did no better than non-personalized software for 8,647 rural Chinese primary students.https://becauseofai.org/entry/china-ai-cal-null#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/china-ai-cal-null#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddednot-becauseChange: Because of AI, physicians using ambient scribes reported modestly less burnout, exhaustion, and task load in a 238-physician randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseChange: Because of AI, physicians using ambient scribes reported modestly less burnout, exhaustion, and task load in a 238-physician randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-2Weekly run: noted that the Duke crossover is scribe-vs-scribe; grades rest on the NEJM AI trial alone. No grade change.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseAdded: Because of AI, physicians using ambient scribes reported modestly less burnout, exhaustion, and task load in a 238-physician randomized trial.https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/ambient-scribes-nejm-ai#h-1Added.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseChange: Because of AI, primary care teams at Mayo Clinic diagnosed advanced liver disease in about 5 more patients per 1,000 adults who had a routine ECG.https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-3https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-3Poster number and label set from the entry's own figures (DAV-368). Still unreviewed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseunreviewedChange: Because of AI, primary care teams at Mayo Clinic diagnosed advanced liver disease in about 5 more patients per 1,000 adults who had a routine ECG.https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-2https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-2The editor has not yet read the Nature Medicine paper or the registry record; published unreviewed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTchangebecauseunreviewedAdded: Because of AI, primary care teams at Mayo Clinic diagnosed advanced liver disease in about 5 more patients per 1,000 adults who had a routine ECG.https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-1https://becauseofai.org/entry/advance-ai-ecg-liver#h-1Added by weekly research run from the scout's registry lead; window pre (trial completed Sept 2025).Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaddedbecauseunreviewed