United States
OECD
14%
4/28
AI Gap Index
1/10
Schools
1/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 1/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 US DOL AI Literacy Framework requires all 50 states and community colleges to deploy training; five content areas defined but no minimum standard
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 Framework is mandatory in scope but defines no enforceable standards, curriculum, or assessment
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 1/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 1 State-level protections exist in Colorado, Illinois, and New York; no federal worker AI rights law
Civil Service & Governance 1/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 NIST AI Safety Institute and White House OSTP have AI governance functions; advisory and standard-setting roles without enforcement mandate
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 US DOL resources publicly available; America Competes and community college programmes provide some access
D15 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0 Significant digital divide in rural and low-income communities; no national infrastructure mandate
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Source research
Regions & states
Subregions inherit supranational obligations from their parent country but may have additional local policy. Scores reflect local policy only.
Region
Schools /10
Workforce /8
Governance /6
Access /4
Total
Massachusetts
2
0
0
2
4 14%
Colorado
0
2
1
0
3 11%
Illinois
0
2
1
0
3 11%
New York
0
2
1
0
3 11%
California
0
1
0
1
2 7%
Index history
March 18, 2026 4/28 Refresh: AI Action Plan (July 2025) filed; establishes DoL AI Workforce Research Hub and rapid-retraining directive; no score change — provisions are executive directives without binding employer obligations
March 17, 2026 4/28 Governance rescore: dim10=1 (NIST AISIC advisory role)
March 17, 2026 3/28 Initial scoring from research archive. 53 bills proposed in 2025; 4 enacted; 0 mandating AI literacy.