The Observer on AI: Rapid Advances in 2023 🤖
AI capabilities have surged across sectors like coding and math, boosting industry valuations and investments over the past year.

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In the past year, AI capabilities have rapidly advanced across fields ranging from coding to higher mathematics. Industry valuations and capital expenditure have soared to hundreds of billions of dollars, and nations are racing to build their own “sovereign” compute capacity. Sceptics warn of an AI bubble, but governments increasingly fear missing out on what could be the most fundamental general-purpose technology since electricity.
The Observer’s Global AI Index aims to make sense of this landscape in the 93 countries that invest in artificial intelligence. Now in its sixth year, it’s the leading ranking of countries in their investment, implementation and innovation in artificial intelligence.
Hear from The Observer’s data scientists as they discuss the latest rankings, trends and changes, before a conversation led by editor-in-chief, James Harding, about what this means.
Speakers:
Patricia Clarke, Technology Reporter, The Observer
Serena Cesareo, Senior Researcher, The Observer
Hannah Schuller, Data Reporter and Researcher, The Observer
Chair:
James Harding, Editor in Chief, The Observer
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The Observer’s Global AI Index aims to make sense of this landscape in the 93 countries that invest in artificial intelligence. Now in its sixth year, it’s the leading ranking of countries in their investment, implementation and innovation in artificial intelligence.
Hear from The Observer’s data scientists as they discuss the latest rankings, trends and changes, before a conversation led by editor-in-chief, James Harding, about what this means.
Speakers:
Patricia Clarke, Technology Reporter, The Observer
Serena Cesareo, Senior Researcher, The Observer
Hannah Schuller, Data Reporter and Researcher, The Observer
Chair:
James Harding, Editor in Chief, The Observer
In Partnership with The Observer.
Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa
Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb
Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/
Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/
Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU
Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
**Please note Closed Captions are auto-generated and may not be 100% accurate 100% of the time! Thank you for your understanding.
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