Issue #6: State of AI in 2024

Stanford releases 2024 AI Index Report

Apr 17, 2024

Welcome to Issue #6 of One Minute AI, your daily AI news companion. This issue will discuss major takeaways from the 2024 AI Index Report, released by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University.

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The 2024 AI Index Report is here!

The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence released the 7th edition of their AI Index Report to extensively cover trends such as technical advancements in AI, public perception of the technology, and geopolitical dynamics surrounding its development, among other areas. Here are some major points to note:

AI excels in specific areas like image classification and language understanding but struggles with complex tasks like high-level mathematics and planning.
Industry leads in frontier AI research, producing 51 significant models in 2023 compared to academia's 15, with a notable increase in industry-academia collaborations.
The cost of training top AI models has soared, with GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra costing tens of millions of dollars in compute resources.
The United States dominates the production of leading AI models, significantly outperforming the EU, China, and the U.K.
There is a substantial gap in standardized evaluations for AI model responsibility, compounded by the fact that leading developers (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, etc.) test against different responsible AI benchmarks.
Investment in generative AI has dramatically increased, with funding nearly eight times higher in 2023 than in 2022, reaching $25.2 billion.
AI has been shown to boost productivity and work quality, but its effectiveness can diminish without proper oversight.
AI-driven scientific discovery is accelerating, with significant advancements in various domains, including AlphaDev and GNoME.
AI regulations in the United States have sharply increased, with a significant rise in new regulations over the past year.
Global awareness and concern about AI's potential impact are growing, 52% of Americans report feeling more concerned than excited about AI (as per Pew data).