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  • [New] By 2026, generative AI will fundamentally change all aspects of life and work, from agentic AI improving productivity to AI-powered gaming, healthcare, and education. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/generative-ai-trends-
  • [New] AI-powered educational artifacts will appear commonplace by 2026, producing individualized learning experiences that demonstrate enhanced results for both teachers and students on a large scale. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/generative-ai-trends-
  • [New] As healthcare organizations ring in 2026, they will be ringing in a new era of AI regulation. JD Supra
  • [New] In 2026, effective enforcement will depend on combining AI-enabled monitoring with a judicial framework that protects both creative works and digital identity. / India Asia IP
  • [New] AI will continue to be a key area of focus in 2026. Asia IP
  • [New] AI sovereignty will gain huge steam as countries seek to demonstrate independence from AI providers and from US politics. Pure AI
  • [New] A dominant AI protocol will emerge to let agents communicate. Pure AI
  • [New] Karpathy, founder of Eureka Labs, predicts 10 years and says the ecosystem will shift its attention to enterprise AI adoption and to nearer-term stakes, such as job displacement. Pure AI
  • [New] Many more AI companies will begin building custom chips. / China Pure AI
  • [New] Toews expects China's domestic AI chip sector to make concrete, meaningful progress, even if it does not achieve parity with Nvidia's most advanced hardware. Pure AI
  • [New] StartUs Insights and TechnologyAdvice reports indicate that in 2026, AI Agents will take the lead role in B2B purchasing processes. 6 Key Trends B2B Companies Can't Afford to Miss in 2026
  • [New] By 2026, AI-powered content creation will be ubiquitous in entertainment, marketing, and business, enabling easier, faster, and scalable high-quality content creation. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/generative-ai-trends-
  • [New] Many more creators will utilize gen AI methodology in 2026 in order to make dialog and level design increasingly intelligent, realistic, and engaging. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/generative-ai-trends-
  • [New] By 2026, AI-powered diagnostics will become a standard part of the patient experience, making care faster, smarter, and more accurate, IbisVision states on its website. Optometry Times - Clinical News & Expert Optometris
  • [New] In 2026, a new frontier of attacks will be data poisoning - invisibly corrupting the copious amounts of data used to train core AI models running on the complex cloud-native infrastructure that powers the modern AI data center. Palo Alto Networks
  • [New] By 2026, AI-driven healthcare is expected to be commonplace in hospitals, clinics, and research labs around the globe. https://www.usaii.org/ai-insights/generative-ai-trends-
  • [New] 2026 will see the data center sector doubling down on high-density, AI-ready infrastructure, massive sustainability drives, supply chain adaptation, new cooling and energy methods, and expansion beyond traditional hubs. DataCenterKnowledge
  • [New] Agentic AI Will Reshape Frontline Mobility Agentic AI - an autonomous, goal-driven AI that can make decisions and execute tasks without human involvement - will see rapid adoption in 2026. SOTI
  • [New] In 2026, agentic AI will become a cornerstone of industrial innovation, transforming operations in both Life Sciences and Food & Beverage manufacturing. The Manufacturer
  • [New] In 2026, prompt engineering will be relevant not only for developers, but also for analysts, marketers, researchers and product teams working with AI-powered tools. CloudThat Resources
  • [New] According to Wendi Whitmore of Palo Alto Networks, AI agents are expected to become a significant insider threat to organizations by 2026, as their integration into enterprise applications is projected to rise sharply. This Week Health
  • [New] Psychiatrists across the United States increasingly warned about the growing problem of AI psychosis, even as as OpenAI was sued for allegedly coaching a teen to commit suicide. Tech Policy Press
  • [New] Anthropic's Dario Amodei forecasts powerful AI equalling 'a country of geniuses' by 2026-2027, enabling billion-dollar solopreneurs through scalable biology and medicine advancements. Genesis: Human Experience in the Age of Artificial Inte

Last updated: 09 January 2026



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