Global Scans · Artificial intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] If trends hold, there's a ~60% chance of self-improving AI systems by 2028, leading to recursive progress, massive productivity gains, and a capital-heavy, human-light machine economy. Radical Data Science
• [New] Future AI systems will instead rely on world models that learn abstract representations of physics, causality, and consequences, enabling planning, reasoning, and adaptation in real-world environments like robotics, healthcare, factories, and industrial systems. Radical Data Science
• [New] The AI infrastructure buildout continues to accelerate, with ~ $2.9 trillion in global CapEx expected through 2028. JD Supra
• [New] AI is already influencing growth at an economy-wide level: Barron's estimates AI investment drove nearly 60% of U.S. GDP growth in Q4 2025, while PwC expects AI to account for up to 15 percentage points to global GDP through 2035. JD Supra
• [New] World models and spatial intelligence will lead the next wave of AI: 92% highlighted that world models and spatial intelligence represent the next frontier in visual AI and are ready to break into mainstream awareness. Yahoo Finance
• [New] Physical AI will be one of the defining technology advances of the next decade. Yahoo Finance
• [New] A majority of respondents reported seeing value from their visual and physical AI investments, and expect its importance to grow over the next three years. Yahoo Finance
• [New] By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have deployed some form of AI-augmented analytics, up from under 30% in 2023. Straive
• [New] According to insights published by IBM Think, 2026 is expected to mark a major transition toward AI agents, open-source reasoning models, multimodal systems, and sovereign AI infrastructure. Spherical Insights
• [New] Frontier AI models are changing how organizations approach vulnerability detection, prioritization, and remediation. Campus Technology
• [New] IBM unveiled new AI-powered cybersecurity products as companies race to defend against increasingly automated cyber threats. Campus Technology
• [New] AI use is not actually saving companies from labour costs, and could cost them more than the humans they currently employ. Time
• [New] The CBO acknowledged the potential of AI in its baseline, projecting faster growth as generative artificial intelligence is more widely adopted as a partial offset to rising debt burdens. Fortune
• [New] Stellantis and London-based AI startup Wayve are aiming to launch driver-assistance technology in 2028. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
• [New] Looking ahead to the S26 cycle, AI integration is expected to deepen across everyday workflows - tighter cross-app execution, more proactive assistance, and personalization anchored to Samsung ID. Omdia
• [New] AI continues to be a priority topic for regulators with APRA outlining expectations on AI governance, risk and assurance and ASIC calling for action on cyber resilience in response to the impact that new advances in AI technologies could have on security vulnerabilities. KPMG
• [New] By technology type, the explainable AI segment is poised to grow at a notable CAGR of 30% between 2026 and 2035. Precedence Research
• [New] AI will eliminate $80 billion in contact center labour costs by the end of 2026. CXnet
• [New] Large U.S. banks are deploying workflow automation platforms integrated with AI for fraud detection, loan processing, and compliance reporting, significantly reducing processing time and operational risk. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Amazon, and Meta alone are spending hundreds of billions on AI infrastructure that will approach $1.1 trillion by 2027. / USA investing.com

Last updated: 31 May 2026