{
  "title": "AI business in the 2021 report",
  "report_year": 2021,
  "period": "Historical snapshot: October 2021. Dates and populations are specified per row.",
  "methodology": "Forecast error is not an emissions or cost-saving metric. Application counts are not paying-customer counts, and code-generation tools still require evaluation of their outputs.",
  "source_deck": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bwJDRC777rAf00Drthi9yT2c9b0MabWO5ZlksfvFzx8/edit?usp=sharing",
  "web_edition_date": "2026-10-11",
  "rows": [
    {
      "measure": "One-hour forecast error reduction",
      "value": "58%",
      "definition": "Reduction in mean absolute error against the previous ESO forecast.",
      "printed_slide": 100,
      "pdf_page": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2021.pdf#page=100"
    },
    {
      "measure": "24-hour forecast error reduction",
      "value": "14%",
      "definition": "Same error metric at a different lead time.",
      "printed_slide": 100,
      "pdf_page": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2021.pdf#page=100"
    },
    {
      "measure": "GPT-3 applications",
      "value": "More than 300",
      "definition": "Application count reported in the integrations discussion.",
      "printed_slide": 130,
      "pdf_page": 130,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2021.pdf#page=130"
    }
  ]
}