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|---|---|---|
| Government, intergovernmental, legal, think tank | ||
| Council of Europe (46 member states) | 2024 | What's in my AI? |
| G7 governments (7 member states) | 2024 | Models (GPT-5) and datasets |
| US Gov (Brookings) | 2023 | Models (GPT-4) and policy |
| US Gov (DOE) 'Enabling Capabilities and Resources' |
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| US Gov (NBER) | 2023 | Models (ChatGPT) and intelligence |
| WSJ copyright case | 2023 | What's in my AI? |
| Industry and frontier labs | ||
| Apple (UI-JEPA) | 2024 | Models Table (Claude) |
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| Microsoft | 2025 | Models (o1) |
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| Academia | ||
| Columbia (E6893: Big Data Analytics) | 2024 | Models (ChatGPT), Capabilities |
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| MIT (6S191: Modern Era of Statistics) | 2023 | Models Table |
| MIT 'Emotional Attachment to AI Companions and European Law' |
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| Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI | 2023 | Models Table |
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