The AI Index Report 2024 tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence. The index is an independent initiative at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), led by the AI Index Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of experts from across academia and industry.
This year’s report covers the rise of multimodal foundation models, major cash investments into generative AI, new performance benchmarks, shifting global opinions, and new major regulations.
Out of the 500-page document, HAI presents some of its findings in 13 charts, covering 10 top takeaways:
- AI beats humans on some tasks but not on all.
- The industry continues to dominate frontier AI research.
- Frontier models get much more expensive.
- The US outpaces China, the EU, and the U.K. as the leading source of top AI models.
- Significant lack of standardization in responsible AI reporting.
- Generative AI investment skyrockets.
- AI makes workers more productive and leads to higher-quality work.
- Scientific progress accelerates.
- AI regulations number in the US sharply increases.
- People across the globe are aware of AI potential impact, and they are nervous.
