Report

The AI Index Report 2022: Measuring trends in Artificial Intelligence

The AI Index is an independent initiative at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (HAI), led by the AI Index Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of experts from across academia and industry. The annual report trackscollates, distils, and visualises data relating to artificial intelligence, enabling decision-makers to take meaningful action to advance AI responsibly and ethically with humans in mind.

The latest edition includes data from a broad set of academic, private, and nonprofit organisations as well as more self-collected data and original analysis than any previous editions, including an expanded technical performance chapter, a new survey of robotics researchers around the world, data on global AI legislation records in 25 countries, and a new chapter with an in-depth analysis of technical AI ethics metrics.

Top takeaways:

  • Private investment in AI soared while investment concentration intensified
  • U.S. & China dominated cross-country collaborations on AI
  • Language models are more capable than ever, but also more biased
  • The rise of AI ethics everywhere
  • AI becomes more affordable and higher performing
  • Data, Data, Data
  • More global legislation on AI than ever
  • Robotic arms are becoming cheaper