AI Watch Index 2021

Riccardo Righi (), Camila Pineda Leon (), Melisande Cardona, Josep Soler Garrido (), Michail Papazoglou, Sofia Samoili and Miguel Vazquez-Prada Baillet ()
Additional contact information
Riccardo Righi: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Camila Pineda Leon: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Josep Soler Garrido: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Miguel Vazquez-Prada Baillet: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC128744, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: This report provides the analysis of multiple indicators related to the development of artificial intelligence from several perspectives. Although the geographical focus is on the EU27, when possible we provide a comparison with major worldwide AI powerhouses, i.e., the US and China, among others. Also, when available, an indicator is provided for the 27 EU Member States. The analysis is structured in five dimensions: (i) global view on the AI landscape, (ii) industry, (iii) research and development (R&D), (iv) technology, and (v) societal aspects. The results show, as expected, that AI is in a phase of technological evolution and improvement. The US is in a leading position in the worldwide landscape in economic terms. China follows, notably due to a very prominent patenting activity in the field. The EU is third, but several elements support the thesis that the distance with the two leading countries is less than often suggested. The analysis reveals that the EU performs remarkably well in R&D - beyond the consideration of EC-funded projects -. Also, the EU demonstrates specialisation in AI Services and in Autonomous Robotics. Also, the EU shows very positive dynamics in trade in industrial robotics and in new robotics start-ups. Regarding investments in AI, we observe a positive signal for the potential development of the domain in the Union, as the level of private and public investments has increased in all of the 27 EU Member States in the last year.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; index; statistics; global landscape; industry; technology; research and development; societal aspects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86 pages
Date: 2022-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna and nep-ore
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128744 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc128744

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Publication Officer ().