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Artificial Intelligence 2026

Publisher Richard K. Miller & Associates
Published Dec 01, 2025
Length 152 Pages
SKU # RKM20678609

Description

RKMA published 18 market research studies on AI in the 1980s and 1990s, participatedin AAAI and IJCAI conferences, and consulted on business applications. ArtificialIntelligence 2026, an annual ebook publication, resumes our assessment of the AI field.

Artificial Intelligence 2026 focuses on generative AI (GenAI) and AI agents, explaininghow these systems work and how they are used. Over 50 leading AI tools (e.g.,ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, DALL-E, Gemini, Veo) are described. The workings of AIhardware (i.e., graphics processing units [GPUs], accelerator chips, and AI PCs) areanalyzed. Over 100 use cases are presented for business management, consumer,defense, engineering, financial, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, marketing andadvertising, retail, and smart city applications. Several surveys quantify business andconsumer use of GenAI.

Artificial Intelligence 2026 provides insight into the $540 billion global AI business withprofiles of leading academic programs, privately held AI companies, publically tradedcorporations, and AI startups.

Large U.S. tech firms spent $400 billion in 2025 on the infrastructure needed to run AImodels; by year-end 2028, $3 trillion will have been spent worldwide on data centers. AI 2026 assesses these activities, including projects by Amazon AWS, Google, Meta,Microsoft, Oracle, and Stargate.

What will be the impact of AI on business, employment, and society? ArtificialIntelligence 2026 provides findings of numerous studies and surveys that address

these issues. Over 200 links direct readers to sources for further information.

Table of Contents

152 Pages
PART I: OVERVIEW
1 MARKET ASSESSMENT
1.1 Scope
1.2 Market Assessment
2 IMPACT OF AI
2.1 Economic Impact
2.2 The Stargate Project
2.3 AI Impact on People and Society
2.4 AI Impact on Business
3 BUSINESS USE OF AI
3.1 Use of Generative AI
3.2 Use by Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
3.3 Applications of AI in Business
3.4 Survey of CEOs
3.5 Payback from AI Investments
4 CONSUMER USE OF AI
4.1 Use of Artificial Intelligence
4.2 Knowledge About AI
4.3 Student Use
4.4 Use At Work
4.5 Use Among Older Adults
5 AI DATA CENTERS
5.1 Overview
5.2 AI Data Center Construction
5.3 Electric Power Consumption
5.4 Resources
6 AI & EMPLOYMENT
6.1 Overview
6.2 Public Opinion
6.3 AI-Related Employment
6.4 Occupations Most and Least at Risk
6.5 New Job Categories Created by AI
7 GLOBAL COMPETITION
7.1 Global Leaders in AI
7.2 The Global AI Divide
8 ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
8.1 Overview
8.2 Outlook
8.3 Artificial Super Intelligence
PART II: TECHNOLOGIES
9 GENERATIVE AI
9.1 Overview
9.2 Technology
9.3 Content
9.4 Limitations and Challenges
9.5 Regulation
9.6 Resources
10 AGENTIC AI
10.1 Overview
10.2 Comparison With GenAI
10.3 How AI Agents Work
10.4 Components of an AI Agent
10.5 Resources
11 AI TOOLS
11.1 Canva Magic Studio
11.2 ChatGPT
11.3 Claude
11.4 Clockwise
11.5 Copilot
11.6 Cursor
11.7 DALL-E
11.8 Deep Research AI
11.9 DeepSeek R-1
11.10 Eleven Labs
11.11 Fathom
11.12 Fireflies.ai
11.13 Fyxer
11.14 Gamma
11.15 Gemini
11.16 GitHub
11.17 Grammarly
11.18 Grok
11.19 Guru
11.20 HitPaw
11.21 HubSpot Email Writer
11.22 Jasper
11.23 Kickresume
11.24 Looka
11.25 Lovable
11.26 Manus
11.27 Midjourney
11.28 Murf
11.29 n8n
11.30 NotebookLM
11.31 Notion AI
11.32 Notta AI
11.33 Nyota
11.34 Perplexity
11.35 Pictory
11.36 Reclaim
11.37 Runway ML
11.38 Rytr
11.39 Shortwave
11.40 Stable Diffusion
11.41 Sudowrite
11.42 Suno
11.43 Surfer SEO
11.44 Synthesia
11.45 Teal
11.46 Udio
11.47 Veo
11.48 Wix
11.49 Zapier AI
12 AI HARDWARE
12.1 Overview
12.2 Graphics Processing Units
12.3 AI PCs
12.4 Embedded GenAI
12.5 Export Restrictions
12.6 Resources
PART III: APPLICATIONS
13 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS
13.1 Overview
13.2 Applications in Business Management
13.3 Financial Applications
13.4 Resources
14 CONSUMER APPLICATIONS
14.1 Overview
14.2 Performing Menial Tasks
14.3 AI Summaries in Search
14.4 Language Translation
15 DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
15.1 Overview
15.2 U.S. Air Force Activities
15.3 U.S. Army Activities
15.4 U.S. Navy Activities
16 ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS
16.1 Overview
16.2 Applicions in Engineering
16.3 Applications in Construction
16.4 3D Printing Buildings
16.5 Resources
17 HEALTHCARE & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
17.1 Overview
17.2 AI-Enabled Medical Devices
17.3 Clinical Decision Support
17.4 Disease Detection and Diagnostics
17.5 Drug Discovery
17.6 Operational Efficiency
17.7 Patient Engagement & Support
17.8 Personalized Medicine
17.9 Psychotherapy
17.10 Use of Evidence-Based Medical Information
17.11 Resources
18 HOSPITALITY & RESTAURANT APPLICATIONS
18.1 Overview
18.2 Use Cases in Hospitality
18.3 AI Concierge
18.4 Use Cases in Restaurants
18.5 Resources
19 MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS
19.1 Overview
19.2 Benefits
19.3 Use Cases
19.4 Resources
20 MARKETING & ADVERTISING APPLICATIONS
20.1 AI in Advertising
20.2 AI In Marketing
20.3 Applications In B2B Marketing
20.4 Use Of AI Tools
20.5 Outlook
2 1RETAIL & E-COMMERCE APPLICATIONS
21.1 Overview
21.2 AI Applications in Retail and E-Commerce
21.3 Survey on Retail Use of AI
21.4 Survey on E-Commerce Use of AI
21.5 Resources
22 SMART CITIES
22.1 Overview
22.2 Applications
22.3 City AI Connect
22.4 Government AI Coalition
22.5 Market Resources
PART IV: KEY PLAYERS
23 PROFILES OF AI COMPANIES
23.1 Amazon
23.2 Anthropic
23.3 Apple
23.4 Broadcom
23.5 C3 AI
23.6 CoreWeave
23.7 CrewAI
23.8 Databricks
23.9 Dynatrace
23.10 Google
23.11 IBM
23.12 JPMorgan
23.13 Meta
23.14 Microsoft
23.15 Nvidia
23.16 OpenAI
23.17 Oracle
23.18 Palantir
23.19 Perplexity
23.20 Salesforce
23.21 Scale AI
23.22 SentinelOne
23.23 SoundHound AI
23.24 TempusAI
23.25 UiPath
23.26 Upstart
23.27 xAI
24 PUBLICALLY TRADED COMPANIES
24.1 Overview
24.2 Rank by Market Capitalization
25 PRIVATELY-HELD AI COMPANIES
25.1 Overview
25.2 U.S. Companies
25.3 International Companies
26 AI STARTUPS
26.1 Top AI Startup Venture Capital Funding
27 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
27.1 AI Rank
27.2 List of Undergraduate Programs
27.3 Top Undergraduate Programs
27.4 Top Doctoral Programs
27.5 International Universities
27.6 AI Certification Programs
APPENDIX A - ASSOCIATIONS
APPENDIX B - MARKET RESEARCH REPORTS
APPENDIX C - ONLINE RESOURCES
APPENDIX D - PERIODICALS
REFERENCES

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