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Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems by country since 2017

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Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems by country since 2017
Refers to the location of the primary organization with which the authors of a large-scale AI systems are affiliated. The 2024 data is incomplete and was last updated 05 December 2024.
Source
Epoch (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
December 5, 2024
Next expected update
January 2025
Date range
2017–2024
Unit
AI systems

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

A dataset that tracks compute-intensive AI models, with training compute over 10²³ floating point operations (FLOP). This corresponds to training costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars or more. 

To identify compute-intensive AI models, the team at Epoch AI used various resources, estimating compute when not directly reported. They included benchmarks and repositories, such as Papers With Code and Hugging Face, to find models exceeding 10²³ FLOP. They also explored non-English media and specific leaderboards, particularly focusing on Chinese sources.

Additionally, they examined blog posts, press releases from major labs, and scholarly literature to track new models. A separate table was created for models with unconfirmed but plausible compute levels. Despite thorough methods, proprietary and secretive models may have been missed.

Retrieved on
December 5, 2024
Retrieved from
https://epoch.ai/blog/tracking-compute-intensive-ai-models
Citation
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Robi Rahman, David Owen and Josh You (2024), "Tracking Compute-Intensive AI Models". Published online at epochai.org. Retrieved from: 'https://epoch.ai/blog/tracking-compute-intensive-ai-models' [online resource]

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The number of large-scale AI systems by country is determined by tallying the number of machine learning models that are associated with the geographical location of the researchers' affiliated institutions. It's important to note that a single model can have multiple authors, each potentially affiliated with different institutions, thus contributing to the count for multiple countries.

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“Data Page: Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems by country since 2017”, part of the following publication: Charlie Giattino, Edouard Mathieu, Veronika Samborska and Max Roser (2023) - “Artificial Intelligence”. Data adapted from Epoch. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-large-scale-ai-systems-by-country [online resource]
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Epoch (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems by country since 2017” [dataset]. Epoch, “Tracking Compute-Intensive AI Models” [original data]. Retrieved December 15, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-number-of-large-scale-ai-systems-by-country