It’s not always easy to separate the reality of AI from the hyped fiction. That’s why we created the AI Hype Index, a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the current state of the industry.
More than 70 countries went to the polls in 2024. The good news is that this year’s global elections were largely free of large-scale deepfake campaigns and AI manipulation. Instead, we saw many AI failures. Trump the mighty, Elon the super-Chad, California the devastating wasteland. While some worry that large-scale language model development is slowing down, there is a steady stream of new products, features, and services being rolled out, from small startups to large incumbents. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the heartbeat. So what is real and what is just hallucinatory nonsense?