The future of AI — what can we expect?
AI is developing faster than any technology ever has. What are the most likely developments for the coming years, and what questions should we be asking?
Where are we now?
In 2026, AI models are being used by hundreds of millions of people. The question is no longer whether AI will change things, but how fast and how profoundly.
Expected developments
Agentic AI goes mainstream
AI agents will fully take over routine tasks: email management, contract review, code deployment.
Multimodality as the standard
Future models will process real-time video, spoken language, and sensors as a universal interface.
Smaller, more efficient models
Models of 7–13 billion parameters now perform comparably to models of 175 billion parameters from three years ago.
AI in science
AlphaFold changed biology. Similar breakthroughs are expected in materials science, drug development, and climate modeling.
Major uncertainties
- AGI
- Safety
- Concentration of power
- Regulation
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