Our Scans · (ZY.4.04) Cognitive Science · Weekly Summary

• [New] The defining shift of 2026 will not just be smarter AI but also better management of AI. horsesmouth
• [New] Gartner projects AI infrastructure spending alone will exceed £1.37 trillion in 2026, with 91% of organizations planning to increase investment this year. whitehat
• [New] Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027 due to escalating costs or unclear value, even as 40% of enterprise applications integrate agents by the end of 2026. whitehat
• [New] By 2026, organizations will move from pilot projects to scaled deployments of Agentic AI. QuickBase
• [New] By 2026, agent ops teams will emerge to manage, monitor, and collaborate with AI agents. QuickBase
• [New] By 2026, Agentic AI will be the ultimate eliminator of wasted hours spent on tedious tasks such as spreadsheets, manual data entry, and disconnected processes. QuickBase
• [New] 97% of enterprises expect a major AI agent security incident before end of 2026. / USA OpenClawd
• [New] 97% of enterprises expect to face a major AI agent security incident before the end of 2026. OpenClawd
• [New] 60% of enterprise AI models will leverage domain-specific language models by 2028, delivering superior accuracy in regulated industries. whitehat
• [New] By 2028, Gartner expects 90% of B2B purchasing to be AI-agent intermediated, pushing more than £15 trillion through AI agent exchanges. whitehat
• [New] 40% of enterprise applications will integrate AI agents by the end of 2026. whitehat
• [New] Agentic AI and Autonomous Workflows - Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise apps will feature task-specific AI agents by end of 2026 (up from < 5% in 2025). SISGAIN
• [New] Google Threat Intelligence Group has reported that cybercriminals - in particular, state-sponsored threat actors from North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia - are misusing Gemini, Google's large language model, to support all stages of their attack lifecycle. Alston & Bird
• [New] By technology, the real-time connected & AI-assisted navigation segment is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 16% between 2026 and 2035. Precedence Research
• [New] AI-powered customer service is projected to handle 85% of customer interactions without human agents by 2028. Robylon AI
• [New] U.S. advisory body warns China's open-source AI is compounding its advantage A U.S. congressional advisory body warned that China's dominance in open-source AI is becoming self-reinforcing, helping it compete despite restrictions on advanced AI chips. Prompt Injection
• [New] AI adoption in key sectors must reach 70% by 2027 and 90% by 2030. Digital in Asia
• [New] More than 78% of respondents expect AI and deepfake-powered fraud to increase even further throughout 2026. Veriff
• National Modernization: Egypt released the second edition of its National AI Strategy (2025-2030), shifting focus from planning to implementation as a driver for economic transformation. DCI Network
• A majority concurred that AI and automation technologies will command the highest priority in IT budgets in 2026. C-Engage Convention
• Expectations for human-AI collaboration: East Asia anticipates AI agents leading projects, Australia favors human-directed AI, and North America leans toward peer-to-peer human-AI collaboration. KPMG

Last updated: 10 April 2026