1,521
▲ 19% vs 2024
responsible AI papers accepted at six AI conferences in 2025
20192025
What the chart shows
AAAI, AIES, FAccT, ICML, ICLR and NeurIPS accepted 1,521 papers on responsible AI in 2025, up 19% from 1,278 in 2024. The count has risen every year since 2019, when it was 329.
That is 4.6 times as many papers in six years. The six conferences do not cover all responsible AI research, but the AI Index uses them as a consistent basis for tracking it over time.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,521 |
| 2024 | 1,278 |
| 2023 | 992 |
| 2022 | 696 |
| 2019 | 329 |
How to read it
- The AI Index identifies responsible AI papers by keywords; its appendix describes the method.
- Six conferences only. Papers by subtopic, conference and country are in the related charts in this hub.
Source: AI Index, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 3.4.1: Number of responsible AI papers accepted at select AI conferences, 2019–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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