50 AI Predictions for 2026 - Part 2
Episode Date: December 30, 2025Part two of the AI predictions series looks ahead to how competition, markets, and politics could shape AI in 2026, from the durability of coding mode...
A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.
948 episodes transcribedPart two of the AI predictions series looks ahead to how competition, markets, and politics could shape AI in 2026, from the durability of coding mode...
Part one of a two-episode forecast on AI in 2026, focusing on models and capabilities, release strategy shifts, multimodal races, memory, and the evol...
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A fast-paced walkthrough of 51 charts that capture where artificial intelligence stands right now and what matters most heading into 2026, spanning ca...
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Deloitte’s latest Tech Trends report makes one thing clear: real AI value doesn’t come from dropping chatbots or agents onto old workflows, but from r...
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Today’s episode breaks down a massive new empirical study from OpenRouter and a16z that analyzed more than 100 trillion real-world tokens to reveal wh...
Today’s episode explores why public distrust in AI is accelerating, from Edelman data showing sharp divides across income, age, and geography to a bro...