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Overview
- Agentic systems are expected to mature into productive collaborators under human supervision, with Gartner projecting that about 40% of enterprise applications will embed dedicated AI agents by 2026, up from under 5% in 2025.
- Retailers and enterprises plan to shift from isolated trials to governed, large‑scale rollouts focused on efficiency and growth, following McKinsey’s finding that only 39% of 2025 initiatives tied directly to profit.
- Consumer behavior is steering AI toward continuous, context‑aware interactions, with NielsenIQ reporting trust as decisive for 95% of shoppers and PYMNTS noting weekly voice purchases by 17.9% of consumers, rising to 30.4% among Gen Z.
- Education leaders anticipate broader use of immersive VR/XR and targeted, AI‑supported learning experiences, building on 2025’s personalized tools and moving toward brief, goal‑driven modules grounded in learning science.
- Security, privacy and access remain central as experts highlight confidential computing and edge processing as enablers, while a survey of 2,000 Brazilian youths shows high familiarity with AI yet 47% feeling more worried than excited about automation’s job impact.