{
  "title": "Politics in the 2018 report",
  "report_year": 2018,
  "period": "Historical snapshot: June 2018. Dates and populations are specified per row.",
  "methodology": "Policy amounts retain their original currencies and announcement-time meaning. Targets and funding commitments are not realized outcomes. Labor-market trends do not by themselves identify the effect of AI.",
  "source_deck": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vS_RSaVAQib2P8LtDxBJLCvdWlixK9WmxVhB9HUoNNsXdXR0Ts8Il1jB4967EiHGbxxLEYK1V540VRQ/pub",
  "web_edition_date": "2026-10-11",
  "rows": [
    {
      "measure": "China AI industry target",
      "value": "$150B by 2030",
      "definition": "Stated policy goal, not observed 2018 industry revenue.",
      "printed_slide": null,
      "pdf_page": 139,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2018.pdf#page=139"
    },
    {
      "measure": "UK newly allocated government funding",
      "value": "£603M",
      "definition": "Original currency preserved; AI Sector Deal allocation.",
      "printed_slide": null,
      "pdf_page": 143,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2018.pdf#page=143"
    },
    {
      "measure": "UK matched private funding",
      "value": "£300M",
      "definition": "Separate private-sector commitment under the same deal.",
      "printed_slide": null,
      "pdf_page": 143,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2018.pdf#page=143"
    }
  ]
}