For the past few years, a group at Stanford University has issued a lengthy document called the "AI Index" which is an extensive snapshot of the state of Artificial Intelligence work, spanning from the research world into commercial and governmental applications. They've just released the 2021 edition, which can be found at

AI Index | Stanford HAI

The mission of the AI Index is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, and globally sourced data for policymakers, researchers, journalists, executives, and the general public to develop a deeper understanding of the complex field of AI. To achieve this, we track, collate, distill, and visualize dat

The web page includes a very succinct summary of highlights. There are also links to predecessor reports from earlier years.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI