"As I predicted last year, 2025 was the year that AI very much entered everyday life. Across work, play, learning, and just about everything we did, its impact was impossible to ignore. So where do we go from here? I believe that in 2026, we'll start to see the long-term effects begin to manifest. This will continue to create fantastic opportunities, from improving standards of healthcare and education to boosting scientific discovery to simplifying and streamlining our lives in any number of ways."
"At the same time, society will be forced to face up to problems such as its growing energy costs and social challenges, as well as issues around trust, privacy, and regulation. Is the bubble going to burst? Perhaps, but so did the dot-com bubble back in 2000, and it didn't significantly slow the adoption of the internet. Certainly, from an economic perspective, there will continue to be demand for companies that have gone all-in on AI to demonstrate that it can really drive growth and value."
2025 marked widespread AI adoption across work, play, learning, and daily activities, making its impact unavoidable. In 2026, long-term effects will begin to manifest, producing opportunities to improve healthcare and education, accelerate scientific discovery, and simplify everyday tasks. Society will confront rising energy costs, social stresses, and challenges of trust, privacy, and regulation. Economic pressures will force AI-focused companies to prove that AI drives growth and value, even if market corrections occur. The most consequential outcomes will be the lasting ways AI reshapes daily life, including autonomous agents taking on tasks like ordering groceries and arranging travel.
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