Innovation can be approximated across many different metrics, which can present very different impressions of where new technologies are being created and utilized. In a new report, the OECD has analyzed the 2,000 companies that invest the most in R&D for their output related to artificial intelligence.

Fact of the Week: US-Based Scientists Have Published 44 Percent of Recent AI-Related Scientific Articles but Have Been Awarded Only 20 Percent of AI-Related International Patents

AI-related publications increased 10 percent annually from 2005 to 2015, growing to 23 percent a year from 2015 to 2018.

Fact of the Week: AI-Related Publications Increased 23 Percent Annually Since 2015, More Than Double the Rate of the Prior Decade

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely considered to have the potential to dramatically re-shape industries throughout the economy, which creates incentives for companies to conceal their research. Despite this, a new study posits that AI science and technology are deeply linked, with academic papers spurring industrial applications and vice versa.

Fact of the Week: 27 Percent of Inventors Who Have Earned AI Patents Have Also Published AI Papers, Nearly Three Times Higher Than Average

In 2025, more than one-third of individuals (36.8 percent) used generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Fact of the Week: 36.8 Percent of Individuals in OECD Countries Used Generative AI Tools in 2025

Data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics shows that 13.7 percent of firms who use artificial intelligence experienced an increase in total employment.

Fact of the Week: Over 13 Percent of Firms That Use Artificial Intelligence Have Expanded Their Workforce

The emerging field that studies LLM productivity-boosting effects offers increasingly auspicious evidence that AI is boosting productivity, particularly for less productive workers. However, additional studies will be necessary to understand AI’s broader impact on firm productivity and the economy.

Evidence Shows Productivity Benefits of AI

AI can reduce the time it takes to synthesize and screen new drugs by 40 percent to 50 percent, reducing costs in those parts of the research process by as much as $26 billion annually.

Fact of the Week: Artificial Intelligence Can Save Pharmaceutical Companies Almost $54 Billion in R&D Costs Each Year

U.S. businesses and universities developed 75 percent of all global patents in artificial intelligence from 2000 to 2016, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Fact of the Week: The United States Developed 75 Percent of all Artificial Intelligence Patents From 2000 to 2016

A report finds that firms that are 125 miles from the closest AI hotspot, defined as an area with over 1000 AI publications or patents, experienced 17 percent lower AI job growth between 2007 and 2019.

Fact of the Week: At Least 10 Percent of Scientific Research Is Being Co-Authored by AI

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Fact of the Week: US-Based Scientists Have Published 44 Percent of Recent AI-Related Scientific Articles but Have Been Awarded Only 20 Percent of AI-Related International Patents

Fact of the Week: AI-Related Publications Increased 23 Percent Annually Since 2015, More Than Double the Rate of the Prior Decade

Fact of the Week: 27 Percent of Inventors Who Have Earned AI Patents Have Also Published AI Papers, Nearly Three Times Higher Than Average