AI-mageddon: is the world heading toward an AI race or a slowdown?
A real-time monitor of the global AI landscape, inspired by the AI 2027 scenario. World news is analysed every hour and scored on seven dimensions; the Race Index averages the accelerators and the Slowdown Index averages the brakes.
Current indices
Race Index 2.47, Slowdown Index 1.66: Race dominant, level DANGER. Updated 2026-10-26.
The seven dimensions
- Compute Control (brake): 0.80 / 3, increasing
- Model Governance (brake): 2.25 / 3, decreasing
- Military Integration (accelerator): 2.62 / 3, stable
- Centralization (accelerator): 2.62 / 3, stable
- Economic Dependency (accelerator): 2.13 / 3, decreasing
- International Cooperation (brake): 1.28 / 3, stable
- Public Narrative (brake): 2.35 / 3, stable
Latest analysed news
- Weapon or armour? The contentious debate over China’s open-weight AI South China Morning Post Tech
China's open-weight AI models raise cybersecurity and military concerns globally.
- China shoots ahead on AI video models South China Morning Post Tech
China leads in generative AI video models, narrowing the US gap.
- Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models The Guardian Technology
Lawsuit highlights AI copyright issues and model training regulations.
- AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, according to Apollo economist TechCrunch
AI investments yield no financial returns for most companies outside tech.
- Singapore embraces AI for cyber defence, with one caveat: breach transparency South China Morning Post Tech
Singapore seeks AI transparency amid cybersecurity risks and governance challenges.
- How to share AI wealth? Neither the US nor Asia has the answer South China Morning Post Tech
AI companies are exploring wealth distribution models for societal benefit.
- Pennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads The Verge
Pennsylvania mandates labels on AI-generated advertisements for transparency.
- Musk admits he throttled Ukraine’s Starlink speeds, as access is restored South China Morning Post Tech
Starlink's role in Ukraine highlights AI's military applications and implications.
- Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats. TechCrunch
Study highlights political biases in AI models influencing public perception.
- The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable Wired
AI tools expose vulnerabilities, raising concerns about security governance.
- John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security The Guardian Technology
UK government plans significant AI investment for national security.
- Israeli election campaign turns ugly with jibes, attacks against candidates South China Morning Post Tech
AI-generated images influence political campaigns and public perception in Israel.
- China’s AI compute surge heavily reliant on US chips, offshore cloud access: report South China Morning Post Tech
China's AI compute growth relies heavily on US chip technology.
- UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab BBC Technology
UK invests in AI for biosecurity to enhance national defense.
- OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” TechCrunch
OpenAI halts internet training to mitigate significant risks in AI development.
Open data: the indices, their history and the analysed events are available from the public API at ai27.org/api/v1 under CC BY 4.0.