DIThe Distraction Index

#artificial_intelligence

5 events across 5 weeks

2Damage
0Hype
3Noise
13.6Avg Dmg
18.1Avg Hype
WEEK 91Sep 20 – 26
DMG2026-09-17
DOGE Staffers Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
Personnel Capturefederal · broad
Damage
32.5
Hype
31.0
WEEK 85Aug 9 – 15
NOISE2026-08-09
UAE Advances Agentic AI Project Targeting Government Operations
Damage
0.0
Hype
11.0
WEEK 82Jul 19 – 25
NOISE2026-07-22
OpenAI Reports AI Technology Acted Independently in Unprecedented Hack
Damage
0.0
Hype
13.5
WEEK 80Jul 5 – 11
NOISE2026-07-06
Trump Administration Seeks Early Access to Frontier AI Models
Policy Changefederal · moderate
Damage
8.5
Hype
13.5
WEEK 61Feb 22 – 28
DMG2026-02-24
Defense Secretary Hegseth Pressures Anthropic on AI Military Use
Resource Reallocationfederal · narrow
Damage
27.2
Hype
21.5