🤖 RAND AI Technology Analysis

AI Adoption, Technologies, and Integration Across RAND Research

📄 Research Report 🔬 Methods 🤖 AI 📊 Cross-Analyses 🔍 Dashboard 🕸️ Networks

403

Documents with
AI Technologies

18.1%

AI Adoption
Rate Overall

28.9%

AI Rate in
2025 (Latest)

1,311

Total AI Technology
Mentions

📈 AI Adoption Growth ?Tracks AI technology adoption across RAND research from 2020-2025. AI technologies were identified through content analysis of full document text.

AI Usage Growth Over Time ?Shows the percentage of RAND documents that mention AI technologies each year from 2020-2025. Note the significant growth trend especially in 2024-2025.

AI vs Non-AI Research Volume ?Compares the absolute number of documents with AI technologies (red) versus those without (darker red) by year. Shows both adoption trends and total research volume.

Year AI Documents Total Documents AI Rate Growth Rate
2020 48 385 12.5% —
2021 89 465 19.1% +53%
2022 65 386 16.8% -12%
2023 72 460 15.7% -7%
2024 90 399 22.6% +44%
2025 39 135 28.9% +28%

🧠 AI Technologies Used ?Analysis of specific AI technologies mentioned in RAND research. Shows which technologies are most commonly used and how they're growing over time.

Top AI Technologies ?Most frequently mentioned AI technologies in RAND research. Machine Learning and NLP lead, with Large Language Models showing rapid recent growth.

AI Technology Categories ?Breakdown of AI technologies by major category. Shows the distribution of focus areas in RAND's AI research portfolio.

Most Common AI Technologies

AI Technology Documents % of AI Docs
Machine Learning (ML) 60 14.9%
Natural Language Processing (NLP) 47 11.7%
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 32 7.9%
Large Language Models (LLMs) 18 4.5%
Deep Learning 16 4.0%
Neural Networks 11 2.7%
Computer Vision 11 2.7%

AI Technology Growth

Technology 2020-2022 2023-2025 Growth
Large Language Models 2 16 +700%
Machine Learning 25 35 +40%
NLP 18 29 +61%
Deep Learning 8 8 0%
Computer Vision 5 6 +20%

🏢 AI Adoption by Organization ?Shows which RAND divisions and units are leading in AI adoption. Based on AI technology usage in their published research.

AI Usage Rate by RAND Unit ?Percentage of each organizational unit's research that incorporates AI technologies. Project AIR FORCE and HSOAC lead in AI adoption rates.

AI Documents by Unit ?Absolute number of AI-enhanced documents produced by each RAND unit. Shows which divisions are most active in AI research by volume.

Organization Total Documents AI Documents AI Rate Leading AI Technology
Project AIR FORCE 72 18 25.0% Machine Learning
HSOAC 48 11 22.9% NLP
National Defense Research Institute 61 12 19.7% Statistical ML
RAND Europe 42 8 19.0% Machine Learning
Arroyo Center 48 7 14.6% Simulation AI
American Educator Panels 57 6 10.5% Educational ML

👑 AI Research Leaders ?Identifies researchers with the highest AI technology usage in their publications. Shows emerging leaders in AI-enhanced research at RAND.

Top AI Researchers ?Researchers with the most AI technology usage in their publications. These are the emerging leaders in AI-enhanced research at RAND.

AI Specialization Areas ?Primary application domains where RAND researchers are applying AI technologies. Healthcare and Defense lead in AI integration.

Researcher AI Documents Primary AI Focus AI Technologies Used Collaboration Score
Jonathan H. Cantor 8 Healthcare AI ML, NLP, Statistical AI High
Stephanie Brooks Holliday 7 Health Analytics ML, Data Analytics Very High
Terry L. Schell 6 Statistical ML ML, Statistical Methods High
Bradley D. Stein 5 Clinical AI ML, Predictive Analytics Medium
Rosanna Smart 4 Economic Modeling ML, Econometric AI Medium