Innovation Graph
Explore a universe of data about how the world is building software together on GitHub.
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Insight reports
Insights on software development activities and impacts for policymakers, researchers, and explorers.
Explore insight reportsOpen data on GitHub: Unlocking the potential of AI
Co-authored by researchers at GitHub and Microsoft, this paper analyzes the more than 800 million open data files, totaling 142 terabytes of data on GitHub. Findings show that GitHub is one of the largest hosts of open data in the world and has experienced an accelerated growth of open data assets over the past four years.
How AI-powered software development may affect labor markets
Co-authored by researchers at GitHub and MIT, this paper puts recent productivity research on AI-powered code generation tools including GitHub Copilot into context for what they may mean for developers' jobs and policymakers focused on preparing the workforce for AI-induced changes.
NYU conference on the benefits and challenges of open source
GitHub has sponsored a conference on measuring the impact of open source software, gathering interdisciplinary scholars and policy stakeholders to review the state of the literature and explore research questions in need of attention.