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The rankings are published to be quoted, argued with and reproduced in the public record. These terms set out how, and what a published score does and does not assert.
By accessing this site or using anything published on it, you agree to these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the site or its datasets. These terms incorporate the disclaimer, the privacy notice, the data licensing terms and the corrections policy by reference.
Use and citation.
Scores, rankings and figures may be quoted, reproduced and charted in journalism, policy work, academic research and internal analysis, without permission and without fee, provided the source and edition are named. Use the form below.
Global AI Rankings, Global AI Rankings 2026, globalairankings.com
Reproducing the complete ranking table, the indicator dataset in bulk, or a substantial part of a report requires written permission — not to restrict circulation, but so that redistributed copies can be reached when a correction is issued against them.
What a score asserts
A score is an analytical estimate produced by a stated method from stated public sources at a stated point in time. It is not a statement of fact about a government, an audit, a certification, an endorsement, or a prediction of what a government will do. It does not constitute professional, legal, financial or investment advice, and no decision should be taken in reliance on it without independent verification.
Scores are revised. Where a correction changes a published result, the earlier figure is superseded — the correction log records both.
Attribution that misstates
Published material may not be presented in a way that implies a rating, endorsement or partnership that has not been given, that quotes a pillar score as an overall score, or that attributes a figure to an edition that did not publish it. Marks and name are used to identify the institution and its publications, not to certify anything a third party sells.
Availability and liability
The site and its datasets are provided as they stand. No warranty is given as to uninterrupted availability, and no liability is accepted for loss arising from use of, or inability to use, published material, to the extent permitted by law.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, and the courts of that state have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.
Operative terms
The rest of the agreement.
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Who these terms are between
These terms are between Global AI Rankings (“the Publisher”) and you, whether you read a page, download a dataset, request a report or write to the Publisher. Where you act for an organization, you confirm you are authorized to accept these terms on its behalf and that it is bound by them.
You must be old enough to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction. The site is a research publication for a professional audience; it is not directed at children, and no part of it is designed for use by them.
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What you may not do
The permissions above are broad by design. They do not extend to:
- automated bulk extraction, scraping or crawling beyond ordinary reading, or any access that degrades the service for others;
- circumventing access controls, rate limits, or any technical measure protecting the site or its files;
- removing, obscuring or altering an attribution line, a license notice, a development-status label or a disclaimer that accompanies published material;
- presenting an altered figure as the Publisher’s, or presenting published figures without stating that they have been altered;
- using published material to harass, defame or unlawfully disadvantage any entity or person, or in breach of any applicable law, sanction or export control.
Where a licensed dataset is redistributed, the terms of the license it carries apply in addition to these terms, and where the two conflict, the license prevails as to that dataset.
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Intellectual property, and its limits
The site design, software, written research, editorial content, methodology documentation and composite scoring rules belong to the Publisher or its licensors, and are protected by copyright. Global AI Rankings and its wordmark are trademarks used to identify this institution and its publications; nothing here grants a right to use them, and they may not be used in a way that suggests a rating, endorsement, certification or partnership that has not been given.
That reservation does not reach third-party material used under license. The adapted national pillar dataset is released under CC BY-SA 4.0 and may be redistributed on those terms by anyone, commercially, provided the same license is applied — see data licensing. Third-party names and marks appearing on this site belong to their owners and are used descriptively.
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Material you send us
Correspondence, correction evidence and source material you send to the Publisher may be used to assess, revise and publish a result, and to record the change in the correction log. By sending it you grant a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use it for those purposes, and you confirm you are entitled to do so.
Personal data in that correspondence is handled under the privacy notice. The identity of a party raising a dispute is not published unless that party asks for it to be.
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Copyright complaints
If you believe material published here infringes a copyright you own or represent, write to [email protected] with the subject line Copyright, identifying the material, the work infringed, your contact details, and a statement that you hold a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized and that your notice is accurate. Material that is the subject of a substantiated complaint is removed or replaced pending resolution.
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No warranty
The site, the datasets and every figure on them are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Publisher excludes all express and implied warranties, including as to accuracy, completeness, currency, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error-free operation.
Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties. Where that is the case, this clause applies to the fullest extent that jurisdiction allows, and nothing here excludes liability for fraud, for fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.
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Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Publisher is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss, nor for loss of profit, revenue, business, goodwill, contracts, anticipated savings, or data, however arising and whether or not the possibility of that loss was known to the Publisher.
The Publisher’s total aggregate liability arising from or connected to these terms, the site, or any figure published on it — in contract, tort including negligence, statute or otherwise — is limited to the greater of the amount you paid the Publisher in the twelve months preceding the claim, or one hundred United States dollars. The material is published without charge, and this allocation of risk is the basis on which it is made available.
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Indemnity
You will indemnify the Publisher against any claim, loss, liability and reasonable cost arising from your use of published material in breach of these terms, including any claim that your reproduction, alteration or presentation of a figure misled a third party or infringed their rights.
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Third-party links and availability
Links to external sources are provided so a figure can be traced. The Publisher does not control those sites, does not endorse them, and accepts no responsibility for their content, availability or practices. Any part of this site, any register or any dataset may be changed, suspended or withdrawn at any time, and there is no obligation to maintain any URL, file or figure indefinitely.
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Raising a dispute
A dispute about a published figure goes through the corrections policy, which is the route most likely to change a result and the one you are asked to use first. For any other dispute under these terms, write to [email protected] and allow thirty days for the matter to be resolved informally before commencing proceedings.
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Changes to these terms
These terms may be revised. The version in force is the one published here, identified by the version number and effective date at the top of this page. Material changes take effect on publication, and continued use after that date is acceptance of the revised terms. A superseded version is available on request.
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General
If any provision is held unenforceable, it is severed and the remainder continues in force. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign your rights under these terms; the Publisher may assign its rights to a successor to the publication. The Publisher is not liable for failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control. These terms, together with the notices incorporated by reference, are the entire agreement between the parties on their subject matter, and no third party has any right to enforce them.
Notices to the Publisher are given at [email protected]. Notices to you are given at the address you last corresponded from, or by publication on this site where no address is held.
Supplied in the house voice as a drafting starting point. The liability cap, the governing-law clause and the consumer carve-outs are the three provisions most likely to need changing for the jurisdictions you actually publish into — have counsel confirm them before this page goes live as a binding instrument.