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AI & technology
U.S. Businesses Using AI
Share of U.S. businesses using AI to produce goods or services, and share expecting to within six months, %
AI in Text Index: Earnings Calls by Sector
Words language models overuse, per 10,000 words of S&P 500 earnings calls, trailing 90 days, sectors with enough companies to read
What Companies Talk About on Earnings Calls
Average mentions per S&P 500 earnings call, rolling 90 days
Hyperscaler Capital Spending
Capital expenditures, trailing 12 months, $ billions
AI in Text Index: S&P 500 Earnings Calls
How often calls use the words language models overuse, against their level before ChatGPT (January 2021 to September 2022 = one), trailing 90 days
AI in Text Index: 10-K Risk Factors
Words language models overuse in S&P 500 annual reports, Item 1A, latest 10-K per company, against the level in 10-Ks filed before ChatGPT (= one)
Open-Weight Models’ Share of AI Traffic
Open-weight models’ share of tokens and spend on the Vercel AI Gateway, weekly average, %
China-Based Labs' Share of AI Gateway Spend and Open-Weight Model Share of AI Gateway Spend
Two series that have been moving together
Private Money vs Public Talk on AI
AI companies’ share of U.S. private venture money, SEC Form D, trailing four quarters, % (top), and AI mentions per S&P 500 earnings call, trailing 90 days (bottom)
Passages Flagged as Likely Heavily AI-Written: S&P 500 Calls and 10-Ks
Share of passages an open AI-text detector flags, in earnings-call prepared remarks (trailing 90 days) and 10-K risk factors (latest 10-K per company)
Capex as a Share of Cloud Revenue
Capital spending of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Oracle as a percentage of their cloud revenue, trailing twelve months
The AI Build-Out as a Share of the U.S. Economy
Capital expenditure of Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon, trailing 12 months, % of U.S. GDP over the same four quarters
U.S. Data Center Construction, Adjusted for Building Costs
Private construction put in place, data centers, seasonally adjusted annual rate, $ billions at 2025 prices, monthly
Z.ai Share of AI Gateway Spend
Z.ai's (GLM models) share of Vercel AI Gateway spend.
Cyber attacks — share of world news
Share of the world's online news articles that GDELT tags with the cyber-attack theme, daily.
U.S. Businesses Using AI (Census BTOS)
S&P 500 companies adding AI & technology risk factors
AI Hardware Share of U.S. Imports
Servers, chips and related equipment as a share of all U.S. goods imports, %
AI Hyperscalers’ Debt Issuance
Net long-term debt issued by six large AI spenders, trailing 12 months, $ billions
Open-Weight Model Share of AI Gateway Requests
Share of Vercel AI Gateway requests going to models that publish their weights for download (Vercel's classification).
How Fast Americans Took Up New Technology
Share of U.S. adults (households for computers) using or owning each, %
The Price of Reaching the Same Score
Cheapest AI cost per task to reach a fixed benchmark score, indexed to the first month = 100
Capex and Depreciation at the Cloud Providers
Capital spending and depreciation and amortization of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Oracle, trailing twelve months, $ billions
AI Capex vs. Cloud Revenue
Capital spending and cloud revenue of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Oracle, trailing twelve months, $ billions
AI Labs’ Share of Gateway Traffic
Share of tokens processed on the Vercel AI Gateway by model maker, weekly average, %
U.S. Construction Spending: Data Centers vs. General Offices
Value of private construction put in place, seasonally adjusted annual rate, monthly, $ billions
How Far the Best U.S. AI Model Leads the Best Chinese Model
Best U.S. model’s Epoch Capabilities Index score minus the best Chinese model’s, monthly, ECI points
AI Labs’ Share of Gateway Spend
Share of spending on the Vercel AI Gateway by model maker, weekly average, %
Share of U.S. Private Venture Money Going to AI Companies
AI companies' share of the money U.S. private operating companies report raising in equity offerings on SEC Form D, and their share of the companies raising, trailing four quarters
Where U.S. AI Hardware Comes From
U.S. imports of AI hardware by source country, average per month, $ billions
Exploited Vulnerabilities Added (CISA KEV, Monthly)
Vulnerabilities CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog each month: flaws confirmed exploited in the wild.
S&P 500 Companies Adding New Risk Factors
Share of S&P 500 companies whose latest annual report added a risk in each category, %
AI Research Velocity (arXiv)
Monthly count of AI/ML/NLP preprints (cs.AI + cs.LG + cs.CL) submitted to arXiv.
R&D Spending in Six Large Research Economies
Gross domestic spending on R&D as a share of GDP, yearly, %
U.S. vs. China: Capability of the Best AI Model
Highest Epoch Capabilities Index score reached by a model from each country’s developers, monthly
U.S. vs. China: Notable AI Models Released per Year
Notable AI models released each year by developer country: U.S., China and the rest of the world
U.S. vs. China: Electricity Generation
Electricity generated each year, terawatt-hours
U.S. vs. China: Share of the World’s AI Patent Applications
Share of AI patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, by inventors’ country and priority year, %
The Share of Job Postings That Mention AI
Job postings on Indeed whose title or description mentions AI or generative AI, % of all postings, weekly average
R&D Spending per Person in Large EU Economies
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, yearly, € per inhabitant
AI Capability Frontier: Open vs. Closed Models
Highest Epoch Capabilities Index score reached by any model, and by open-weight models
Research and Development Spending by Country
Gross domestic spending on R&D as a share of GDP, latest year reported, %
AI Capability Against Price
Current models: Epoch Capabilities Index score against blended list price, $ per million tokens (log scale)
Open-Weight Model Share of AI Gateway Tokens
R&D Spending per Person Across the EU
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, latest year, € per inhabitant
Hyperscaler Capex and U.S. Electricity Demand
Capital spending of the largest cloud and AI companies, trailing twelve months, and U.S. electricity demand growth over twelve months
Who Uses AI: Share of People by Country
Share of people aged 15 to 64 who used a generative AI product, latest period, %
U.S. AI and Semiconductor Patents Granted
Utility patents granted each quarter with a CPC symbol in G06N (AI) or H01L/H10 (semiconductors), all applicants
AI Share of Patents Changing Hands
AI-classified (CPC G06N) patents and applications as a share of those transferred between companies, quarterly average of monthly shares, %
AI Share of SBIR and STTR Awards
AI-related awards as a share of all SBIR and STTR awards, by count and by dollars, %, federal fiscal years
AI Share of SBIR and STTR Awards by Agency
AI-related awards as a share of each agency’s SBIR and STTR awards, %, federal fiscal years
The Biggest Private Raises, and AI’s Share of Them
Money in U.S. venture-like raises of a hundred million dollars or more in the quarter, $ billions (top), and AI companies’ share of that money over the trailing four quarters, % (bottom), SEC Form D
Hyperscaler Bond Issuance
U.S. dollar bonds priced by Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Oracle per month, $ billions
AI User Share by Country, Ranked
Share of people aged 15 to 64 who used a generative AI product, latest period, %: the highest and lowest
AI and Machine Learning Papers on arXiv
New papers each month in AI and machine learning, and in three of its largest categories
AI Papers on arXiv by Company
AI papers on arXiv with at least one author at each company or its research units, latest quarter
AI's Share of All arXiv Papers
AI and machine-learning papers as a share of all new arXiv submissions each month, %
AI in U.S. Trademark Applications
Share of new trademark applications whose mark names AI, and whose goods and services name artificial intelligence, %
Hyperscaler Bond Issuance by Year
Bonds priced by Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Oracle each year, $ billions; this year to date
Clinical Studies Involving AI
Clinical studies newly registered on ClinicalTrials.gov whose record mentions AI or machine learning, per month (quarterly average)
Chip Gross Margins Over Time: Nvidia, TSMC, ASML, Intel
Gross margin, trailing twelve months (TSMC and ASML: fiscal year), %
Hyperscaler Bond Spread at Issue
Spread to Treasuries of roughly ten-year bonds priced by the five hyperscalers, basis points, by deal
Who Is Borrowing for AI: Net Debt Issuance by Company
Net long-term debt issued over the latest four reported quarters, by company, $ billions
Who Plays Where in the Chip Value Chain: Revenue by Headquarters Country
Revenue over the trailing twelve months, sixteen companies, grouped by headquarters country, $ billions
Charity Mission Statements That Read as AI-Written
Share of sampled Form 990 mission and program texts an open AI-text detector flags as likely heavily AI-written, by quarter filed, %
Where the Profit Sits in the Chip Value Chain
Gross margin, trailing twelve months, by company and stage, %
Industry's Share of AI Research on arXiv
Share of AI papers on arXiv with at least one author at a company, quarterly average of monthly shares, %
The Chip Value Chain by Stage: Revenue
Revenue over the trailing twelve months, sixteen companies, grouped by value-chain stage, $ billions
AI Papers on arXiv: United States and China
Share of AI papers on arXiv with at least one author at an institution in each country, quarterly average of monthly shares, %
Alibaba Share of AI Gateway Spend
Alibaba's (Qwen models) share of Vercel AI Gateway spend.
AI in Federal Contract Solicitations
Share of solicitations posted on SAM.gov whose title or description names AI, %
New Vulnerabilities Published (NVD CVEs, Monthly)
CVEs published in the NIST National Vulnerability Database each month.
Trademark Filings for Software and Technology Services
New U.S. trademark applications naming class 9 (software, electronics) and class 42 (technology services)
Patent Ownership Changes From Mergers (Monthly)
Recordations each month that move U.S.
AI Share of SBIR/STTR Awards
Top Websites Blocking Common Crawl CCBot and 7 more
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