Between 2025 and the moment when artificial intelligence disappears from our lives, this new year is most likely to confirm the rise of arguably the fastest technological revolution in history. If we analyzed the point at which our day changed from the day after we joined ChatGPT in November 2022, a little more than three years ago, we can conclude that AI is over.
Now let’s think about what we will see in 2026. Considering that earlier there was a turnaround and interest in artificial intelligence on a global scale, Disruptive progress can occur at any moment.
One of the most popular lines of inquiry in the media is the General Artificial Intelligence (IAG) investigation, AI capable of learning and reasoning in any domainas a man should. Current models do not achieve this level of intelligence if they mimic human capabilities through mathematical algorithms.
Once you start, IAG will have unprecedented power: the ability to let thousands of “digital people” think and act on the Internet every time, according to its creator’s orders. Imagining the potential consequences, both positive and negative, of being able to make this progress towards humanity can be somewhat daunting. Without a doubt it would be one radical change in our life, dystopian world you imagine.
The first prediction for 2026 is that IAG will currently follow as science fiction, including you can follow a bit in the next ten years. Here, someone for geopolitical or business interests should make sure they have achieved it without being able to clearly prove it, but there is no evidence that it is possible to achieve this at any time with the technology available today.
As with the current state of AI, models will continue to improve in 2025, but at a much slower pace. In other words, the jump in quality from GPT-2 to GPT-3 was much greater than, for example, from GPT-4 to GPT-5. My prediction is that this trend will continue, y In 2026, AI models will work the same as those in 2025, but definitely a bit better.
However, this is not to say that AI is not making any progress; We hope that this new year will bring improvements that will follow in changing our lives. These will be created in three main aspects: performance, application and adoption.
Let’s focus on efficiency: the first orders will keep the size of the home, and we now keep infinitely more powerful smartphones in our bags. Today, most current IA models require huge services the size of the first (or larger) orderers to function and Its natural development should be similar.
that’s it we will be able to achieve more efficient models that can be implemented with less resources every time and therefore can be integrated into more and more devices. By the end of 2026, we will tend to have ChatGPT “installed” on our mobile phone as part of the operating system (without the need for an Internet connection), but it will undoubtedly have large numbers on this line. Even by 2026, I envision a future where every electrical appliance will have built-in generative AI hardware so that we can “talk” to our home appliance, TV, alarm, or any other home appliance. It sounds futuristic, but it seems much more feasible than IAG.
When it comes to apps, the term was popularized last year ‘Agéntica AI’, based on automatic applications in our orders (agents) that use AI models to communicate with each other and perform tasks. Now predictably, AI models will be integrated into computer applications and we will see a big change in the way we interact with them.
In the future, The user will be able to interact with applications using natural languages and request the execution of tasks thanks to integrated models that automate the necessary actions, instead of manually traversing interfaces based on clicks, as is done in reality.
It is not for nothing that Microsoft comes up with the term “Frontier Firm”, which it uses for pioneering companies that recommend the integration of agency artificial intelligence into their applications. Frontier Firm, directed by humans, will followHowever, within work teams, humans and digital agents will co-exist and take control of operations. In my view, 2026 will mark the beginning of many companies’ journey towards this horizon of becoming a full Frontier Firm, a process that will take years and will be key to redefining which companies will be competitive in the market.
And finally in terms of adoption We will show that “giving in to the AI bandwagon” is something inevitableso at the beginning of the coming year it will be very difficult to meet someone who has never used this technology. 2026 is sure to see a big leap in adoption as tools like ChatGPT and Copilot consolidate not only in the work areas of any company, but also in the personal lives of most of us.
Some of these predictions may fail squarely, but the trend seems clear: AI will continue to advance and redefine how we do, learn and make decisions. 2026 will be less of a year of promises and more of a year of real integration.
*** Nil Redón es AI & Data Specialist in the Prodware Group.
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