Every top-10 economy now has a national AI model; 350+ launches in two years, IDC finds
perilli · x · 2026-10-21
IDC analyst Luigi Perilli previewed his forthcoming sovereign AI economics report after keynoting IDC's AI & Autonomy Forum in Tokyo. The data shows all ten largest economies now field national AI models, with 350+ releases announced outside the US and China in two years; Japan leads G7 peers on national-model activity (NTT, SoftBank, NEC, NII, RIKEN) and has the group's most permissive training-data law.
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