8 Predictions for AI in 2026

It’s now 2026 and AI has become a daily part of business conversations. Everyone in the C-suite is contemplating whether to hop on the “hype train.” The bubble surrounding the industry seems poised to pop at some point as the market becomes saturated with companies producing “AI slop” in terms of plagiarized art and writing and inflating the value of GPUs and other computer hardware equipment, along with demanding more capacity for data center power. Here, experts share their predictions for AI in 2026.