{"id": 1015505, "name": "Annual number of AI systems by researcher affiliation", "unit": "AI systems", "createdAt": "2025-03-15T08:53:17.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-08T06:32:16.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1950-2025", "datasetId": 7000, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "yearly_count", "catalogPath": "grapher/artificial_intelligence/2025-03-12/epoch_aggregates_affiliation/epoch_aggregates_affiliation#yearly_count", "descriptionShort": "Describes the sector where the authors of a notable AI system have their primary affiliations. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 07 March 2026.", "descriptionFromProducer": "The distinction is documented in [Academia and Industry](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wyJmDOWDEKItg0QhO5cpsNAgHq4aHOxQQZnTfzm34gI/edit).\nSystems are categorized as \u201cIndustry\u201d if their authors are affiliated with private sector organizations, \u201cAcademia\u201d if the authors are affiliated with universities or academic institutions, or \u201cIndustry - Academia Collaboration\u201d when at least 30% of the authors are from each.\nPossible values: Industry, Research Collective, Academia, Industry - Academia Collaboration (Industry leaning), Industry - Academia Collaboration (Academia leaning), Non-profit", "type": "int", "dataChecksum": "11543833472036700842", "metadataChecksum": "8609216303792840842", "datasetName": "Notable AI systems by researcher affiliation", "updatePeriodDays": 31, "datasetVersion": "2025-03-12", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "AI systems", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Artificial Intelligence"]}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1950}, {"id": 1952}, {"id": 1954}, {"id": 1955}, {"id": 1957}, {"id": 1959}, {"id": 1960}, {"id": 1962}, {"id": 1963}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 365971, "name": "Academia", "code": null}, {"id": 368124, "name": "Academia and industry collaboration", "code": null}, {"id": 35496, "name": "Industry", "code": null}, {"id": 368114, "name": "Not specified", "code": null}, {"id": 35473, "name": "Other", "code": null}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 14136, "title": "Parameter, Compute and Data Trends in Machine Learning", "descriptionSnapshot": "We update this chart with the latest available data from our source every month.\n\nThe authors selected the AI systems for inclusion based on the following necessary criteria:\n\u2014 Have an explicit learning component\n\u2014 Showcase experimental results\n\u2014 Advance the state of the art\n\nIn addition, the systems had to meet at least one of the following notability criteria:\n\u2014 Paper has more than 1000 citations\n\u2014 Historical importance\n\u2014 Important state-of-the-art advance\n\u2014 Deployed in a notable context\n\nThe authors note that: \"For new models (from 2020 onward) it is harder to assess these criteria, so we fall back to a subjective selection. We refer to models meeting our selection criteria as 'milestone models.\"\n", "producer": "Epoch AI", "citationFull": "Epoch AI, \u2018Parameter, Compute and Data Trends in Machine Learning\u2019. Published online at epochai.org. Retrieved from: \u2018https://epoch.ai/data/epochdb/visualization\u2019 [online resource]", "urlMain": "https://epoch.ai/mlinputs/visualization", "urlDownload": "https://epoch.ai/data/epochdb/notable_ai_models.csv", "dateAccessed": "2026-03-07", "datePublished": "2025", "license": {"url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}]}