{"id":1015505,"name":"Annual number of AI systems by researcher affiliation","unit":"AI systems","createdAt":"2025-03-15T08:53:17.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-17T10:08:51.000Z","coverage":"","timespan":"1950-2026","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 17 April 2026.","descriptionFromProducer":"The distinction is documented in [Academia and Industry](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wyJmDOWDEKItg0QhO5cpsNAgHq4aHOxQQZnTfzm34gI/edit).\nSystems are categorized as “Industry” if their authors are affiliated with private sector organizations, “Academia” if the authors are affiliated with universities or academic institutions, or “Industry - Academia Collaboration” 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":"-6003490174144805953","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},{"id":2026}]},"entities":{"values":[{"id":365971,"name":"Academia","code":null},{"id":368124,"name":"Academia and industry collaboration","code":null},{"id":35496,"name":"Industry","code":null},{"id":35473,"name":"Other","code":null}]}},"origins":[{"id":14346,"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— Have an explicit learning component\n— Showcase experimental results\n— Advance the state of the art\n\nIn addition, the systems had to meet at least one of the following notability criteria:\n— Paper has more than 1000 citations\n— Historical importance\n— Important state-of-the-art advance\n— 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, ‘Parameter, Compute and Data Trends in Machine Learning’. Published online at epochai.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://epoch.ai/data/epochdb/visualization’ [online resource]","urlMain":"https://epoch.ai/mlinputs/visualization","urlDownload":"https://epoch.ai/data/epochdb/notable_ai_models.csv","dateAccessed":"2026-04-17","datePublished":"2026-04-10","license":{"url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","name":"CC BY 4.0"}}]}