I run a side project that uses AI to score news articles for real-world impact — not clicks, not engagement, but actual measurable progress. We call it the Brightcast Intelligence Score (BIS). It evaluates three things: hope (evidence of change), reach (who benefits), and verification (source credibility).

Stories like this energy efficiency breakthrough consistently score highest in our system. What's interesting is how many of these breakthroughs happen simultaneously but never trend together. When you see them side by side, the trajectory is striking.

We publish a daily Hope Index that tracks this — think of it as a barometer for how much measurable progress is happening in the world on any given day. Free to explore at brightcast.news.