Trend Agentic AI era reorganises society around hyper-personalisation, hyper-connection and hyper-intelligence

Summary

The report expects 2026 to mark entry into an agentic AI era in which AI judges and acts on its own. Everyday life is pictured with AI acting as a personal agent and companion, from finance and scheduling to companion services for single-person and older households. At work, routine tasks are delegated to AI agents while people focus on creative decisions and reviewing AI output, and hiring shifts toward skills in using AI tools. Space is also changing as extended reality, autonomous vehicles and AI-managed buildings blend digital information into physical settings. Blockchain-based decentralised identity is expected to become a basic social norm as deepfakes make proving one's real identity harder.