Global Scans · Artificial Intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] Generative AI could drive a 7% (or $7 trillion) increase in global gross domestic product and lift productivity growth by 1.5 percentage points over ten years. Amazon Web Services, Inc.
• [New] The rapid commercialization of 5G networks, with global 5G subscriptions expected to exceed five billion by 2030, is enabling real-time on-device AI processing at scale. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Goldman Sachs projects annual AI infrastructure spending will hit $800 B by the end of 2026. / USA AI-Weekly
• [New] R&D-driven advancements like AI are only going to drive a greater productivity advantage for the US going forward. RiverFront Investment Group
• [New] 86% of employers expect AI and information processing technologies to transform their business by 2030, and 92% are more likely to hire a candidate with a GenAI micro-credential than one without it. caa | Capital Analytics Associates
• [New] 40% of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025, and that agentic AI could drive around 30% of enterprise application software revenue, more than $450 billion, by 2035. Institutional Business Press
• [New] Broadcom's $73 billion AI-specific backlog gives credibility to management's path toward more than $100 billion in AI chip revenue in 2027. Bingx Exchange
• [New] The executive order appropriately constructs a voluntary and phased approach to introducing and evaluating frontier AI security models that would prioritize strengthening critical infrastructure and proactively remediating vulnerabilities. Federal News Network
• [New] Manufacturers have access to technologies such as AI-based threat fine-tuning, access control interaction modeling, and secure audit logging, and Europe is at the forefront of the digitalization of safe and efficient security operations. Dimension Market Research
• [New] Organizations that invest in strong governance and proactive security posture management will be better equipped to navigate the complex challenges of AI security in 2026 and beyond. Concise AC
• AI-accelerated chip revenue is projected to hit $45 billion by year-end, with Nvidia, AMD, and Samsung accounting for 68% of the total. LLODO BLOG
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The convergence of AI, electrification, and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is expected to drive widespread commercialization and transform urban mobility worldwide. DataM Intelligence
• IDC projects $110 billion in AI infrastructure spend by end of 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 36% through 2029. IDC

Last updated: 07 June 2026