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Pulse

Weekly counts of what this tracker collected. Not a survey of any sector, party, or public.

Snapshot computed 2026-11-03 03:40 UTC. Counts refresh daily; the current week is partial.

Weekly items by pillar, 12 months n = 33374

Items this tracker holds per week, by the kind of source. It measures what entered this tracker, not the world. Earlier weeks show no data, not zero.

How this is counted

Items this tracker holds per week, by the kind of source. Research and news are counted in the week they were published; bills are counted in the week of their most recent status change, and include bills we track but have not published. It measures what entered this tracker, not the world. Coverage begins April 2026 for research and July 2026 for news; earlier weeks show no data, not zero. Marked weeks reflect a change in this tracker (the relevance check was changed on 2026-07-22; a bulk publish on 2026-09-05), not a change in the field. n = 33374.

Cells with fewer than 5 items are not shown.

Academia n = 29500

Industry n = 823

Government n = 1197

Press n = 1563

Labor n = 25

Civil society n = 266

  • Items per week
  • Current week, partial
  • No data
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Week ofAcademiaIndustryGovernmentPressLaborCivil society
2025-11-03118168no data2no data
2025-11-10130101no datano data5
2025-11-17115114no data11
2025-11-2411759no data11
2025-12-011301211no datano data2
2025-12-089585no data2no data
2025-12-1511968no data13
2025-12-2258no data1no datano datano data
2025-12-296218no datano datano data
2026-01-05122830no datano datano data
2026-01-12125996no datano data2
2026-01-191201156no datano data1
2026-01-261131445no data11
2026-02-021221573no datano data9
2026-02-091381432no datano data11
2026-02-161311529no data12
2026-02-231222242no data14
2026-03-02104732no datano data4
2026-03-091011037no datano data4
2026-03-16139328no datano data2
2026-03-23149843no datano data4
2026-03-30121616no datano data4
2026-04-06143623no datano data2
2026-04-13216626no data11
2026-04-205141921no datano data4
2026-04-276791635no data11
2026-05-046212011no data14
2026-05-11728722no data12
2026-05-186521022no datano data4
2026-05-257161746no datano data2
2026-06-01685929no datano data4
2026-06-086261718no data12
2026-06-15677816no datano data2
2026-06-22518518no data11
2026-06-2956584no data21
2026-07-064671016no datano data6
2026-07-13101515261011
2026-07-20109623938no datano data
2026-07-27110533135814
2026-08-031132279561no data
2026-08-101107231344no datano data
2026-08-171090162041no data1
2026-08-24109522954no data4
2026-08-311113281460no data4
2026-09-071264162053no data11
2026-09-141199234274133
2026-09-211021441858216
2026-09-2813774048156126
2026-10-0515042418237no data12
2026-10-12138432no data202no data18
2026-10-1914605010193no data15
2026-10-261180387197no data25
2026-11-02no datano datano data32 (partial)no datano data
  1. 2026-07-22: the relevance check was changed on 2026-07-22
  2. 2026-09-05: a bulk publish on 2026-09-05

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Impact-area mix over time n = 9359

Share of published research and news each week carrying each topic. Topics are assigned by a model, and it measures what entered this tracker, not the world.

How this is counted

Share of published research and news items per week carrying each impact-area tag. An item can carry several tags, and an item the tagger could not place carries none. Tags are assigned by a model and are the same tags shown on /research; the tagging model changed on 2026-09-30 (see /methodology). The relevance check was changed on 2026-07-22, which changed which items entered the tracker; shares before and after are not directly comparable. n = 9359.

It measures what entered this tracker, not the world.

The chart shows the 5 topics with the most tagged items in this window, and each bar splits that week's tags among those 5. The table lists all 16 with their full shares.

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Week ofWorkforceEnterpriseQuality assuranceCertificationsAI policyPrivacy & Data ProtectionSafety & HarmsEducationPublic Sector UseHealthCompetition & AntitrustCopyright & Creative WorkEnergy & Data CentersNational Security & DefenseElections & DemocracyAlgorithms & Automated Decisions
2025-11-03no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-11-10no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-11-17no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-11-24no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-12-01no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-12-08no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-12-15no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-12-22no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2025-12-29no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-01-05no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-01-12no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-01-19no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-01-26no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-02-02no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-02-09no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-02-16no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-02-23no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-03-02no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-03-09no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-03-16no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-03-23no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-03-30no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-04-06no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-04-1345%77%48%42%94%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-04-2023%35%71%26%73%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-04-2725%35%66%18%63%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-05-0422%43%75%21%59%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-05-1121%38%73%22%57%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-05-1821%45%71%18%61%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-05-2519%42%74%17%63%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-06-0121%44%71%25%64%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-06-0817%38%74%19%57%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-06-1522%47%71%24%61%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-06-2224%40%69%20%63%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-06-2929%45%69%23%58%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-07-0626%64%76%38%72%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-07-1327%58%74%30%61%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-07-2023%47%61%25%62%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-07-2727%30%50%22%58%no datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano datano data
2026-08-0312%23%49%4%44%9%4%17%8%13%1%3%2%1%no data40%
2026-08-1013%24%49%7%48%10%4%13%7%15%0%3%0%2%1%40%
2026-08-1713%27%54%8%45%10%5%13%6%14%0%2%0%2%1%46%
2026-08-2416%26%51%5%40%9%3%16%5%16%1%1%1%2%0%42%
2026-08-3112%23%51%5%42%8%5%13%8%15%0%3%2%2%1%41%
2026-09-0715%25%54%7%46%7%6%12%6%14%0%2%1%1%0%38%
2026-09-1413%27%58%8%49%10%4%14%5%11%2%1%1%1%1%39%
2026-09-2112%22%47%7%55%16%5%18%9%14%1%1%0%1%0%49%
2026-09-2812%17%51%5%59%16%10%14%14%15%1%2%1% (partial)2%1%51%
2026-10-058%16%48%2%43%13%9%13%6%15%2%2%1%2%1%50%
2026-10-129%21%42%4%44%16%12%13%6%18%1%3%no data2%1%49%
2026-10-1910%18%43%3%37%13%7%15%6%15%1%2%1%3%1%51%
2026-10-269%17%39%4%38%12%7%14%7%17%2%4%0%2%2%57%
2026-11-0217% (partial)17% (partial)33% (partial)no data42% (partial)8% (partial)8% (partial)no data17% (partial)8% (partial)8% (partial)17% (partial)no datano data17% (partial)50% (partial)

Policy activity per week, 12 months

Tracked bills with a status change, and bills introduced, per week. Weeks before June 2026 are reconstructed from later bill histories, not observed, and tracked bills are not every AI bill filed.

How this is counted

Weeks before June 2026 are reconstructed from bill histories of bills our search found later, not observed as they happened; bills that died early in 2025 are under-counted. Weeks from June 2026 are observed. Tracked bills are the ones our LegiScan search surfaced and a person or model kept, not every AI bill filed.

It measures what entered this tracker, not the world. Counts include tracked bills not yet verified by a person.

Bills with a status change

Bills introduced

  • Items per week
  • Reconstructed; current week, partial
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Week ofStatus changesIntroduced
2025-11-0355
2025-11-10no datano data
2025-11-17no datano data
2025-11-24no datano data
2025-12-01no data11
2025-12-08no data9
2025-12-15no data12
2025-12-22no datano data
2025-12-29no datano data
2026-01-052728
2026-01-1283110
2026-01-194872
2026-01-263745
2026-02-027088
2026-02-092634
2026-02-162035
2026-02-232934
2026-03-02268
2026-03-093314
2026-03-162120
2026-03-233211
2026-03-3095
2026-04-0615no data
2026-04-1315no data
2026-04-2089
2026-04-27179
2026-05-0485
2026-05-11157
2026-05-1818no data
2026-05-2522no data
2026-06-0116no data
2026-06-087no data
2026-06-15117
2026-06-2210no data
2026-06-29no datano data
2026-07-06no datano data
2026-07-139no data
2026-07-20no datano data
2026-07-276no data
2026-08-03no datano data
2026-08-10no datano data
2026-08-175no data
2026-08-2414no data
2026-08-3112no data
2026-09-078no data
2026-09-141812
2026-09-21119
2026-09-28298
2026-10-0577
2026-10-12no datano data
2026-10-199no data
2026-10-265no data
2026-11-02no datano data

Who sponsors AI bills, by state

Party of the primary sponsor, not the bill’s ideology. Tracked bills only: our search finds part of the AI bills on NCSL’s list (47% where measured), so no national total is shown.

How this is counted

Party is the party of the primary sponsor as recorded by LegiScan. Sponsor party is not the bill’s ideology. Bills with a Democratic and a Republican primary sponsor are counted once as bipartisan. Committee-sponsored bills, resolutions, Nebraska’s nonpartisan legislature, bills introduced before 2026, and states with fewer than 15 tracked bills are excluded. The seat-share tick is that party’s share of the bill’s chamber of origin (NCSL, 2026-01-27).

Tracked bills are the ones our LegiScan search surfaced and a model or person kept, not every AI bill filed. Counts include tracked bills not yet verified by a person. Search recall against the NCSL AI legislation list is 47% for the 11 of 16 states shown that were measured; the rest read “recall not measured”. Across the measured states the tracker holds 308 of 652 of the 2026 AI bills on NCSL’s list; part of the gap is scope (NCSL’s list is broader), part is search misses, so a state’s share can move as coverage improves.

Sponsor party is not bill ideology. The bills come from a LegiScan search, a model’s relevance check and a person’s review, not a census. State mix drives any national total, so none is shown. NCSL composition is dated 2026-01-27 and reloaded after the November 2026 elections.

Cells with fewer than 15 items are not shown.

  • Share with a Democratic primary sponsor
  • Seat share: Democratic share of the chamber of origin
  1. New Jerseyn = 110

    85% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 68%; recall 57%

  2. New Yorkn = 73

    86% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 64%; recall 48%

  3. Illinoisn = 63

    94% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 67%; recall 41%

  4. Virginian = 46

    89% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 60%; recall 66%

  5. Minnesotan = 43

    86% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 50%; recall 31%

  6. Californian = 37

    92% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 75%; recall 43%

  7. Marylandn = 31

    90% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 72%; recall 35%

  8. Louisianan = 25

    44% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 27%; recall 58%

  9. Pennsylvanian = 23

    83% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 48%; recall not measured

  10. Tennesseen = 23

    61% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 21%; recall 37%

  11. Hawaiin = 21

    100% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 86%; recall 47%

  12. Arizonan = 20

    35% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 45%; recall not measured

  13. Rhode Islandn = 20

    100% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 87%; recall 67%

  14. Vermontn = 17

    94% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 57%; recall not measured

  15. Mississippin = 16

    31% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 34%; recall not measured

  16. Michigann = 15

    93% Democratic-sponsored; seat share 48%; recall not measured

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StatenD sponsor shareD seat shareRecall vs NCSL
New Jersey11085%68%recall 57%
New York7386%64%recall 48%
Illinois6394%67%recall 41%
Virginia4689%60%recall 66%
Minnesota4386%50%recall 31%
California3792%75%recall 43%
Maryland3190%72%recall 35%
Louisiana2544%27%recall 58%
Pennsylvania2383%48%recall not measured
Tennessee2361%21%recall 37%
Hawaii21100%86%recall 47%
Arizona2035%45%recall not measured
Rhode Island20100%87%recall 67%
Vermont1794%57%recall not measured
Mississippi1631%34%recall not measured
Michigan1593%48%recall not measured

Federal: 22 bills tracked, 15 Republican-sponsored, 7 Democratic-sponsored, 1 enacted

The federal bills this tracker follows are a hand-curated list, not a search of Congress. Cosponsor parties are not yet collected.

The long series, 2019 to now n = 16165

A fixed, named sample of sources (the list), each measured against its own normal pace. A sample, not a census, and figures for earlier years were scored later, not observed as they happened. Months before a source type’s coverage show no data, not zero.

How this is counted

The bellwether index is a fixed, named sample of sources (list linked), not a census. Each point shows the number of items behind it.

Each source is indexed to its own trailing-12-month mean, and a pillar’s line is the equal-weighted mean of its sources, so no single source sets the scale. Annual venues are shown separately. Monthly bins; 1.0 is a source's normal pace. Coverage for each pillar begins with its first indexed month; earlier months show no data, not zero. It measures what this sample holds, not the world. n = 16165. Press has no data in the index yet.

Figures for earlier years were scored in November 2026, all by the same method; they were not observed as they happened.

  • Academia (from January 2020)
  • Industry (from July 2019)
  • Government (from July 2019)
  • Labor (from August 2019)
  • Civil society (from July 2019)
  • No data
  • Current month, partial
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MonthAcademia indexAcademia sourcesAcademia itemsIndustry indexIndustry sourcesIndustry itemsGovernment indexGovernment sourcesGovernment itemsLabor indexLabor sourcesLabor itemsCivil society indexCivil society sourcesCivil society items
2019-01no datano datano datano datano data
2019-02no datano datano datano datano data
2019-03no datano datano datano datano data
2019-04no datano datano datano datano data
2019-05no datano datano datano datano data
2019-06no datano datano datano datano data
2019-07no data0.883101.4026no data1.1127
2019-08no data0.91411no data1.03151.12310
2019-09no data0.874111.151131.03152.15312
2019-10no data1.224170.37252.671130.6137
2019-11no data0.36340.903170.87150.7539
2019-12no data0.794110.753103.681211.14414
2020-010.30111.134140.773100.42131.63315
2020-021.67151.254160.804180.73150.85311
2020-031.85161.023111.554111.511101.0039
2020-04no data1.664222.40141.14181.4027
2020-052.25180.984131.54390.56141.07310
2020-061.75170.86392.364201.711120.7237
2020-071.17150.944120.934150.91170.6036
2020-080.88140.734101.33140.37130.9337
2020-091.45170.704101.124170.88171.91317
2020-100.96151.494191.54280.61150.9839
2020-110.75140.55350.954180.67150.6837
2020-121.49180.62481.234210.53141.14311
2021-010.55130.864110.923190.99160.9339
2021-020.89151.264161.123130.63141.1427
2021-031.24170.924120.664141.44191.41313
2021-041.40181.064130.714140.97160.8138
2021-051.35181.434171.095250.50131.02310
2021-061.861111.044131.035241.18171.0239
2021-070.96161.004121.204281.09160.6424
2021-082.371150.63480.723131.851100.7913
2021-091.10180.67480.694170.83150.6724
2021-100.95171.244150.735190.86151.0326
2021-111.07181.07390.844231.54190.7636
2021-121.661131.024120.664130.97161.0239
2022-011.211101.004121.142130.79151.0939
2022-020.23121.415271.114210.80150.3811
2022-030.23120.815171.195310.32120.3922
2022-040.37130.775141.104171.0416no data
2022-050.52141.005221.195230.70141.0738
2022-060.67150.894160.745191.03161.1526
2022-070.58140.976180.524110.52131.0225
2022-081.19180.994160.982140.73141.2226
2022-090.49130.816180.865230.40121.3527
2022-100.87150.965200.96190.42120.7124
2022-110.90150.756151.022150.22110.7112
2022-120.38120.936190.913151.30150.5723
2023-010.68130.756130.732100.27112.0815
2023-022.35191.385240.574110.88130.4022
2023-032.261101.365211.364211.23141.0225
2023-041.18161.476231.024211.46153.82329
2023-051.69192.156351.554291.20142.34329
2023-061.57191.165201.003152.40181.17316
2023-070.99161.336262.664450.29110.97312
2023-081.44191.046211.192270.30110.88313
2023-090.95161.465281.123241.62151.16416
2023-100.76151.686381.293301.20142.06427
2023-110.76150.966251.094320.57121.13418
2023-120.46130.766210.682120.56120.95311
2024-010.30120.976270.974260.30110.93312
2024-020.76151.406351.274361.50150.58411
2024-030.48131.476471.383420.86131.03421
2024-040.35120.946270.964350.59121.31317
2024-050.56131.586451.294380.32111.74423
2024-060.62131.216371.214291.71150.5237
2024-070.69130.936291.743502.25161.05415
2024-080.49120.955271.122340.97130.96418
2024-091.14140.475141.123411.23140.82413
2024-101.4524331.226370.743263.161101.83431
2024-111.0013211.246380.983321.09141.06419
2024-121.0323630.606190.903411.04141.22420
2025-010.8823730.796281.013372.501100.71413
2025-020.8324441.446461.054131.47170.88417
2025-031.3124130.866310.516132.031100.5537
2025-041.2523951.336430.62316no data0.4524
2025-051.1524841.226351.055260.86150.81311
2025-061.0324120.856320.604230.49131.26317
2025-071.3123860.926281.394300.50130.84416
2025-081.0124241.376430.27280.35120.5037
2025-090.8824600.876290.924250.35120.6225
2025-101.6824791.485430.823200.73140.82412
2025-111.2824431.166420.883170.81140.5437
2025-121.2024150.696261.064280.61130.8125
2026-010.8224671.185421.645330.21110.5724
2026-021.4924671.566660.935300.50122.19324
2026-030.9525160.746311.07529no data0.98311
2026-041.4825571.206471.715540.69120.7939
2026-050.8625761.576571.093430.71120.86412
2026-060.8225400.916401.165361.57140.7949
2026-071.1924531.355530.994460.76121.46211
2026-080.9124221.046431.083380.39110.2922
2026-090.8322480.916340.864271.63141.10414
2026-100.22110.06110.6211no datano data
2026-11no datano datano datano datano data

Annual venues items per calendar year, not in the index

Venue20192020202120222023202420252026
Nature, Science (AI-tagged) n = 2433350245244244339320332359
FAccT, AIES n = 707no data76no data181no data1512981
NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR accepted papers n = 589515762109212839918142
ACL, EMNLP n = 1856101551088603no datano datano datano data

Updated daily. How the weekly counts, the coverage rule, the markers, the observed/reconstructed boundary, the party panel, and the bellwether index are computed is on the methodology page.

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