Global Scans · Artificial intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] The expansion of Colossus, the rollout of Grok 5 and growing synergies with Tesla and SpaceX will be the pillars that determine whether xAI emerges as a long-term leader in advanced AI. MEXC
• [New] Investors should watch for potential strategic pivots; as hardware reaches a saturation point, the next battleground will be Edge AI - bringing powerful processing directly to consumer devices. FinancialContent
• [New] The $400 billion in AI capital expenditure projected for 2025 is not just hopeful spending - it is a structural realignment of the global economy. FinancialContent
• [New] Mozilla signals Firefox will become an AI browser with opt-out AI features. MarketingProfs
• [New] Microsoft predicts that organizations will be forced to confront something more fundamental: whether they can embrace the change that AI agents bring as they take on increasingly prominent roles in the workplace. Techzine Global
• [New] By 2030, success will belong to organizations that fully integrate AI into the core of their operations, completing the transformation into The Autonomous Enterprise. Emerline
• [New] Perspectives to 2030: Thanks to Edge AI, autonomy will become truly distributed: from self-driving cars making decisions in milliseconds to smart factories managing robots without cloud dependency. Emerline
• [New] 62% of survey respondents say their organizations are at least experimenting with AI agents, while industry experts predict that at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously through agentic AI by 2028, up from 0% in 2024. Isometrik.ai
• [New] 74% of manufacturing executives expect AI agents to manage up to 50% of daily production decisions by 2028. Amiko Consulting
• [New] Reuters reports that SEMI forecasts chipmaking equipment sales rising to $126 billion in 2026, driven by expansion in logic and memory capacity for AI demand. Bez Kabli
• [New] Global AI infrastructure spending is expected to surpass $2 trillion in 2026. pulumi
• [New] Oracle anticipates 15-20% cloud revenue growth in FY 2026-2027 attributable to AI infrastructure demand, tied to its partnership in the Stargate initiative. pulumi
• [New] The forthcoming National AI Mission Framework (expected 2025) will likely define sector-specific standards, testing protocols, and a voluntary AI Safety Board for ethical governance. Nemko Digital B.V.
• [New] A draft AI Security Law is expected by late 2025, formalizing licensing and risk classification. / China Nemko Digital B.V.
• [New] In 2026, the widespread adoption of AI agents represents the latest and most consequential escalation in the cybersecurity arms race. MSEDP
• [New] Voice commerce is projected to reach $81.8 billion globally in 2025, and 86% of SEO professionals are already integrating AI into their strategies. Hozio, Inc.
• [New] 84% of developers already use or plan to use AI tools in their workflows, up from 76% in the previous year. TMX Newsfile
• [New] Economic value will increasingly flow through all levels of the global AI supply chain, driving historic opportunity and demand for energy, critical minerals, semiconductors, manufacturing, technological hardware, infrastructure, and new markets not yet invented. United States Department of State
• [New] The escalating use of offensive AI by threat actors necessitates an equally advanced response, making AI-governed, autonomous defence systems not just an advantage but a fundamental requirement for enterprise resilience heading into 2026. techintelpro
• [New] As one of the most disruptive QA Trends in 2025, hyperautomation brings a strategic intersection of AI, machine learning, robotic process automation, and low-code capabilities to rethink quality assurance at scale. Qualityze
• [New] Google announced plans to release audio-only AI glasses in 2026, followed by versions with in-lens displays that show navigation, translations, and contextual information. MarketingProfs
• [New] US state attorneys general warn big AI firms over harmful chatbot outputs. MarketingProfs
• [New] Any material increase in H200 shipments to China will be closely monitored in Washington, where policymakers are trying to limit Beijing's access to the most advanced AI hardware without triggering a full-blown trade rupture. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin

Last updated: 21 December 2025