2025 Predictions: Enterprises, Researchers and Startups Home In on Humanoids, AI Agents as Generative AI Crosses the Chasm

" From boardroom to break room, generative AI took this year by storm, stirring discussion across industries about how to best harness the technology to enhance innovation and creativity, improve customer service, transform product development and even boost communication.

According to IDC, enterprises worldwide are expected to spend $307 billion on AI solutions next year, growing to $632 billion by 2028, at a compound annual growth rate of 29.0%. AI will have a cumulative global economic impact of $19.9 trillion through 2030 and will drive 3.5% global GDP in 2030, IDC predicts.

Yet, some companies and startups are still slow to adopt AI, sticking to experimentation and siloed projects even as the technology advances at a dizzying pace. That’s partly because AI benefits vary by company, use case and level of investment.

Cautious approaches are giving way to optimism. Two-thirds of the respondents to Forrester Research’s 2024 State of AI Survey believe their organizations would require less than 50% return on investments to consider their AI initiatives successful..." Lire la suite