Overview

Epoch AI is a research institute focused on analyzing major trends and governance factors shaping artificial intelligence. It studies how AI computing power is distributed among key players like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, as well as other significant entities such as Oracle, CoreWeave, and national governments. Epoch AI maintains a benchmark database that evaluates leading AI models on challenging tasks to track progress over time and correlates benchmark scores with factors such as compute power and model accessibility. The organization also investigates the growth of training compute, which has been rising about 4.7x per year since 2010 due to higher spending and better hardware. Overall, Epoch AI aims to help anticipate future AI developments, including when models may exceed important computational thresholds, by mapping how compute, benchmarks, and access interact with AI progress.