Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024: Top 10 takeaways:

  1. AI beats humans on some tasks, but not on all
  2. Industry continues to dominate frontier AI research
  3. Frontier models get way more expensive
  4. The United States leads China, the EU, and the U.K. as the leading source of top AI models
  5. Robust and standardized evaluations for LLM responsibility are seriously lacking
  6. Generative AI investment skyrockets. Despite a decline in overall AI private investment last year, funding for generative AI surged, nearly octupling from 2022 to reach $25.2 billion
  7. The data is in: AI makes workers more productive and leads to higher quality work
  8. Scientific progress accelerates even further, thanks to AI
  9. The number of AI regulations in the United States sharply increases. The number of AI-related regulations in the U.S. has risen significantly in the past year and over the last five years
  10. People across the globe are more cognizant of AI’s potential impact — and more nervous

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