Signal Industry takes 67 percent of EU AI funding and produces 96 percent of large AI models

Summary

This signal lists the ways private industry has come to dominate AI. Industry accounts for 67% of AI funding in the European Union and receives large government subsidies in the United States. It also captures 70% of AI-specialised PhD graduates in the US. Most strikingly, companies now produce 96% of large AI models, compared with just 11% in 2010. The report links this dominance to the high cost of training frontier models and to academia's limited funding and computing access. It argues that closing the gap requires giving universities the infrastructure and support to carry out independent research.