The Center Security and Emerging Technology just launched the Country Activity Tracker (CAT), an interactive tool that portrays countries’ level of tech competitiveness and collaboration. Many countries are in the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI), making massive investments in research and infrastructure to remain competitive in the tech sphere. The United States is no exception, with many policies and initiatives geared towards remaining the world leader in tech and AI.

CAT collects data and presents metrics on AI research, patents and investment-related activities in AI across the globe. Researchers and policy makers can use CAT to examine other countries’ AI ecosystems, compare metrics and progress between countries’ and explore opportunities for collaboration around the world.

Explore CAT and learn more about it here. Please keep in mind CAT is in beta form and only looks at AI.

“It does not comprise all indicators necessary for AI development, does not cover all countries across the three indicators displayed, and the data displayed is not necessarily representative of a country’s tech sector. In the future, we will continue to refine our data and methods, add more indicators, and potentially broaden our scope to include other topics.“

CSET has another tool, Private-sector AI-Related Activity Tracker (PARAT), which collects data related to companies’ AI research and development to inform analysis of the global AI sector. You can also check that tool out here.