Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024

TL;DR

The 2024 AI Index Report provides an extensive, data-driven overview of AI's technical, societal, and geopolitical trends, highlighting new estimates, analyses, and its growing influence across various domains.

Contribution

This edition introduces new data on AI training costs, responsible AI, and AI's impact on science and medicine, expanding the scope and depth of previous reports.

Findings

Increased AI training costs and resource demands.

Growing public and geopolitical interest in AI.

Significant advancements in AI's application in science and medicine.

Abstract

The 2024 Index is our most comprehensive to date and arrives at an important moment when AI's influence on society has never been more pronounced. This year, we have broadened our scope to more extensively cover essential trends such as technical advancements in AI, public perceptions of the technology, and the geopolitical dynamics surrounding its development. Featuring more original data than ever before, this edition introduces new estimates on AI training costs, detailed analyses of the responsible AI landscape, and an entirely new chapter dedicated to AI's impact on science and medicine. The AI Index report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence (AI). Our mission is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, broadly sourced data in order for policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists, and the general public to develop a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI. The AI Index is recognized globally as one of the most credible and authoritative sources for data and insights on artificial intelligence. Previous editions have been cited in major newspapers, including the The New York Times, Bloomberg, and The Guardian, have amassed hundreds of academic citations, and been referenced by high-level policymakers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, among other places. This year's edition surpasses all previous ones in size, scale, and scope, reflecting the growing significance that AI is coming to hold in all of our lives.