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Public impact ledger · methodology 0.2

141.9

Net Good. Benefit minus harm, derived only from scored events.

Tracking frontier AI's contributions to society.

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Total benefit

+167.45

Total harm

−25.54

Verified events

49

Benefit, 30 days

+15.01

Harm, 30 days

−2.63

Public events

436

Cumulative index

Benefit versus harm

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Models

Leaderboard

Full table
RankModelOrganizationBenefitHarmNetEventsLast impact
1GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6

OpenAI+20.600.0020.601227 Oct 2026
2OpenAI Internal Research System — 2026-09

GPT-6 · internal / unreleased

OpenAI+18.560.0018.5636 Oct 2026
3ChatGPT

GPT

OpenAI+18.93−1.6817.2674 Oct 2026
4AlphaFold 3

AlphaFold

Google DeepMind+10.770.0010.7718 May 2024
5RFdiffusion

RoseTTAFold

University of Washington Institute for Protein Design+8.450.008.45111 Jul 2023
6OpenAI Internal Research System — 2026-05

GPT-6 · internal / unreleased

OpenAI+6.120.006.12120 May 2026
7Anthropic Internal Research Model — 2026-08

Claude · internal / unreleased

Anthropic+5.060.005.06110 Aug 2026
8Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini

Google DeepMind+4.130.004.13121 May 2026

Recent ledger entries

Significant events

Benefit29 Oct 2026

Politicians have failed to tackle health care affordability. It’s now voters’ rallying cry

As costs surge, voters are embracing more radical solutions to the crisis.

Medicine & HealthprovisionalTier 1 Useful+0.00
Harm28 Oct 2026

Family sues OpenAI after Seattle woman dies following medication taper - SILive.com

Family sues OpenAI after Seattle woman dies following medication taper  SILive.com

OtherprovisionalTier 3 Major Harm−0.58
Harm28 Oct 2026

‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise - The Guardian

‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise  The Guardian

OtherprovisionalTier 2 Significant Harm−0.05
Benefit28 Oct 2026

The brain liquidates billions of mutant neurons around the time we’re born

The brain liquidates billions of mutant neurons around the time we’re born

OtherprovisionalTier 1 Useful+0.00
Benefit28 Oct 2026

Daily briefing: The big push to personalize psychiatry

Daily briefing: The big push to personalize psychiatry

OtherprovisionalTier 1 Useful+0.00
Harm27 Oct 2026

Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy - Yahoo Finance

Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy  Yahoo Finance

OtherprovisionalTier 3 Major Harm−0.83

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