Research and Development | SpinGraph: Authority framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of AI Index / Stanford HAI's Research and Development story: authority framing, The Halo + The Fog, Spin Score 75%, high AI repetition risk.
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keywords: AI Index
keywords: Stanford HAI
keywords: benchmarking
keywords: The Halo
keywords: The Fog
published: 2025-04-07T10:07:04+00:00
modified: 2026-08-10T00:16:13.467306+00:00

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Research and Development | The 2025 AI Index Report - Stanford HAI
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alternative headline: Research and Development | SpinGraph: Authority framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of AI Index / Stanford HAI's Research and Development story: authority framing, The Halo + The Fog, Spin Score 75%, high AI repetition risk.
date published: 2025-04-07T10:07:04+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-10T00:16:13.467306+00:00
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article section: research
keywords: AI Index, Stanford HAI, benchmarking
author: AI Index / Stanford HAI via Google News
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about: AI Index
about: Stanford HAI
about: benchmarking
mentions: AI Index / Stanford HAI
abstract: Stanford HAI released the 2025 AI Index Report, a widely cited annual assessment of AI progress. The report synthesizes data from academic, corporate, and policy sources to track trends in publication volume, compute use, model performance, and adoption. It functions as a de facto authority on AI advancement, shaping narratives for investors, regulators, and media despite limited methodological transparency.

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Spin Analysis: authority framing
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes institutional legitimacy and scale of data inputs while minimizing transparency about selection criteria, normalization methods, weighting decisions, and potential conflicts of interest in data sourcing.
about: authority framing
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Authoritative, nonpartisan, longitudinal knowledge infrastructure
  term code: The Halo
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 75
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: high
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The 2025 AI Index Report by Stanford HAI shows accelerating AI progress across research, investment, and real-world deployment.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Authoritative, nonpartisan, longitudinal knowledge infrastructure
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Funding sources for the Index project; Role of corporate partners in data provision or interpretation; Absence of dissenting expert commentary or methodological critique within the report
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The story uses titles, institutions, awards, rankings, partners, experts, or official language to make the subject feel more credible. Watch for loaded terms such as authoritative, comprehensive, longitudinal, benchmark. The distribution reads as promotional distribution. A pressure point: Funding sources for the Index project.
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Extracted Claims
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item list element: ListItem
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  item: Claim
    text: The 2025 AI Index Report provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and longitudinal view of AI progress.
    appearance: Research and Development | The 2025 AI Index Report Stanford HAI
    author: AI Index / Stanford HAI via Google News

Key Statistics
type: Dataset
description: Extracted statistics from the source narrative
variable measured: report iteration
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 12th edition
  description: First published in 2017; positions itself as longitudinal authority
variable measured: inputs cited
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 100+ data sources
  description: Report claims broad sourcing but does not disclose full provenance or weighting methodology