The Global AI Benchmarking Study, an inaugural research focused on AI. Led by AI & Partners Co-CEO/CFO Sean Musch and Co-CEO/COO Michael Borrelli, and #RISK A.I., is the first study of its kind to holistically examine the burgeoning global AI industry and its key constituents, which include AI Services, AI Products, AI Infrastructure, AI Adopters, and AI Ancillary.

This report includes:

• A global overview of AI
• An overview of the AI Services sector
• The different types of AI products
• An overview of the AI infrastructure sector
• The different types of AI adopters
• The different types of AI services
• AI highlights
• An introduction to the emergence of the AI industry
• The geographical dispersion of AI users
• And much more!

This inaugural study by AI & Partners and #RISK A.I examins the global artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulatory landscape.

To what extent is AI more form over function relative to other forms of technology?

This is a key question which surfaces in debates about AI amongst regulators and market participants alike. It is a critically important
question because the answer defines the appropriateness of existing regulation for AI and related activities. It is a question that this study seeks to shed light on by offering analytical tools for both regulators and market participants to conceptualise AI and develop a more consistent regulatory approach across regulatory bodies.

This is particularly challenging to achieve in a market that is evolving very rapidly with much of the innovation being driven by actors based outside of the traditional technology sectors.

2023 was a pivotal year for artificial intelligence (“AI”). The AI world continues to grow at pace, characterised by a heady mix of innovation, risks and regulatory challenges. AI remains a topical subject of debate, including concerns raised by governments on the risks of AI to wider society.

Finally, and perhaps as a consequence, rarely a day goes by without a news
items on the steady progression towards a society powered, supported or
assisted by AI.

This report is based on past and ongoing research of AI by AI& Partners, in partnership with #RISK A.I. as well as the findings of research projects conducted by external organisations, which served as a real-world testbed for supporting our
analysis.