Download the 2026 State of AI Report
AI stopped being a “tool story.” In 2026, it is now embedded in operations, supply chains, customer systems, research, and public services. The winners will be organizations that treat AI like infrastructure: governed, observable, resilient, and designed for constraints. The State of AI 2026: Observations and Recommendations maps the real forces shaping adoption: energy and compute economics, sovereign AI and ecosystem fragmentation, the shift to agentic systems and “Agent Ops,” and the expanding trust gap created by synthetic media and uneven verification habits.
This report turns those forces into decisions. It frames where agentic AI creates measurable leverage, where risk accumulates (identity, delegation, auditability, security, and drift), and what readiness looks like when governance is continuous. Architectures must be portable across regions and stacks. It also includes scenarios and practical recommendations for executives, technology leaders, risk functions, and knowledge management teams, so AI strategy stays grounded when markets wobble, regulations diverge, and the grid shows up on the roadmap.
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