HAI – AI Index Report, 2024

AI has made significant progress in certain tasks like image classification and English understanding, but still lags behind humans in more complex tasks like competition-level mathematics. Industry dominates frontier AI research, producing more notable machine learning models than academia in 2023. The United States leads in top AI models production, with significant funding for generative AI. Studies show that AI makes workers more productive and improves the quality of their work, but caution is advised on its proper oversight. AI has also accelerated scientific discovery and sparked an increase in AI-related regulations in the United States. Overall, there is a growing awareness of AI's potential impact, with more people expressing nervousness about its implications.