THE 2025 AI INDEX REPORT

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The 2025 edition of Stanford's AI Index Report found that AI is increasingly embedded in everyday life. AI performance is improving rapidly, with benchmark scores rising by up to 67.3 percentage points in one year and language models sometimes outperforming humans in coding tasks. Business investment in AI reached $109.1 billion in the U.S. alone, and 78% of organizations now use AI, up from 55% in 2023. The U.S. leads in model output, but China is closing the quality gap while dominating in publications and patents. Governments are increasing regulation and investment, but global optimism and education access remain uneven.