OECD’s AI Observatory Index 2026 unveils a 28-indicator framework to benchmark how effectively countries advance trustworthy AI across research, infrastructure, policy, skills, and global cooperation

The AI Index introduces a new composite framework to measure how effectively countries implement trustworthy AI, combining 28 indicators across five pillars—AI R&D, enabling infrastructure, policy environment, jobs and skills, and international cooperation—to help governments benchmark performance, identify gaps, and guide evidence-based AI policy, while emphasising that the Index is an evolving, policy-focused snapshot rather than a definitive ranking…