The AILE Index
The State of AI Literacy
The AILE Index tracks how well everyday people actually understand and use AI: what it is, how to prompt it, and where it fails. It is built from public discourse, refreshed on a recurring schedule, and shipped with an open methodology.
Preview. The first official reading publishes soon.
Composite literacy index
First reading publishing soon
Updated June 26, 2026
Most misunderstood concept
Hallucination
Most people do not realize an AI can state something false with total confidence.
Biggest everyday skill gap
Verifying AI output
Few have a habit of checking AI answers against a source they trust.
Most overestimated
Privacy in public chatbots
Many assume that whatever they paste into a public chatbot stays private.
Which AI explains AI best to a beginner?
A blind-judged ranking of how well leading models explain AI to a beginner, scored against a published rubric. Publishing with the first official index.
Methodology
The AILE Index is a composite 0 to 100 score built from public discourse about AI, the real questions, confusions, and misconceptions people post online, classified into core literacy dimensions. The companion AI Explainer leaderboard blind-judges how well leading models explain AI concepts to a beginner against a published rubric. Both refresh on a recurring schedule and ship with a fully open methodology.
Where do you stand?
Take the free AILE Score quiz to measure your own AI literacy, then join the waitlist to close the gaps.