AI Watch: the European Observatory for Artificial

Intelligence

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Alessandro AnnoniHead Digital Economy Unit

Artificial IntelligencePolicy development (2018-19)

Artificial)Intelligence)for)Europe)COM(2018)237)

..)the)Commission)will)systematically*monitor*AI0related*developments,)e.g.$policy$initiatives$in$the$Member$States,$AI$uptake$and$its$impact$on$labourmarkets$as$well$as$AI$capabilities,$including$high=level$benchmarking,$showcasing$current$capabilities$and$developing$an$AI$index$in$order$to$inform$the$discussions.$

.. the)Commission)will)work)on)a)coordinated*plan*with*MSs

Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence COM(2018)795

In#the#course#of#next#year,#Member#States#and#the#Commission#will#also#agree%on%common%indicators%to%monitor%AI%uptake%and%development%in%the%Union%and#the#success#rate#of#the#strategies#in#place,#with%the%support%of%the%AI%Watch%developed%by%the%Joint%Research%Centre.#

Member%States%and%the%Commission%will%monitor%progress%of%the%implementation%of%the%plan%on%annual%basis.

AI#Watch#will#contribute#to#monitoring#AI?related#development#and#will#provide#a#number#of#analyses#necessary#to#support#the#implementation#of#the#European#AI#initiative.#Among#others#it#will#develop#AI#indexes#addressing#all#dimensions#relevant#for#policy#making.#Such#information#will#be#made#available#at#the#AI#Watch#portal

AI Watch Tasks to support the implementation of the European AI Strategy and Coordinated Plan 2019-2021

1. AI%Landscape:%%From%Research%to%Market%and%Society2. Investments%in%AI3. Evolution%of%AI%Technology4. Evolution%of%AI%Uptake%across%economy%(by%sectors)5. Evolution%of%European%Market%shares%in%Robotics6. EU%MS%National%Initiatives%on%AI7. Use%and%Impact%of%AI%In%Public%Services8. AI%Index%(inc. indicators%relevant%for%policy%making)

Providing Indicators and Metrics that matter

Main challenges

1. No%universal%definition%of%AI%(and%political%sensitiveness)2. Huge%competition%in%measuring%(International,%National%and%

Regional%%AI%Observatories)3. Report%Tsunami%(400%reports/year)4. High%Political%and%Media%attention%on%AI5. No%official%data%fitting%for%purpose%(no%suitable%statistics%for%

measuring%ICT%penetration).%A%survey%on%AI%maybe%in%3%years6. Plenty%of%anecdotic%and/or%non%robust%information%(e.g.%on%

impact%on%job)

AI impact on jobs

AI Landscape

• What size AI firms have?

Percentage distribution of firmsactive in AI by category, 2018

AI Landscape Industry

• What is the age?

Percentage distribution of firms active in AIby group of age, 2018

AI Landscape Industry

AI Landscape Key thematic areas

Percentage distribution of firms active in AI by key thematic area of activity in AI, 2018

AI Landscape R&D Network

• How countries collaborated in AI R&D internally and abroad?

Percentage distribution of R&D activities by type of peers collaboration, 2013-2016

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