Our Scans · AI / ML · Weekly Summary

• IT and software services are anticipated to dominate with a share of nearly 53.1% in 2026, as they are both creators and users of AI. Persistence Market Research
• The machine learning (ML) segment is predicted to lead with a share of approximately 37.4% in 2026, as it is already embedded in core enterprise systems. Persistence Market Research
• Gartner's latest forecast is sobering: 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025. Versalence Blogs
• For 2026, the practical message is to treat AI like any other core business system that affects money, risk, or investors, and to manage it in a structured, disclosure-aware way. JD Supra
• The SEC has identified AI-washing as a clear target: using AI buzzwords to make a business sound more advanced or lower-risk than it is. JD Supra
• In the era of AI, economic opportunity and mobility will increasingly depend on whether people can develop practical, industry-relevant AI skill sets and mindsets, not just familiarity with tools. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Small business owners who embrace agentic AI in 2026 will operate with the efficiency of companies ten times their size. Versalence Blogs
• The Thai government approved the Thailand national AI strategy and action plan (2022-2027) for driving AI country development plan, supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society. Roza.Pace@trade.gov
• AI investments could generate value equivalent to as much as 11% of revenue across functional areas for biopharma, and up to 12% in cost savings for some medtech players over a two-to-three-year horizon. Pharmaceutical Commerce
• Pharma supply chains are embracing AI, digital twins, IoT, and DSCSA-driven traceability to improve resilience, visibility, and profitability amid rising global disruptions. Pharmaceutical Commerce
• 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
• 85% of software professionals expect to use generative AI in 2026 to augment tasks like coding and user story generation, up from 46% in 2024. TPLEX
• SoftBank Group announced at the 2026 Choose France summit hosted by President Emmanuel Macron that it will invest €75 billion ($87.5 billion) to develop and operate 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in France. Build Fast with AI
• The AI Growth Zone has attracted major private investment, including £10 billion committed by QTS/Blackstone to build a new data center with the potential to support up to 5,000 high-quality jobs in the North East. UKAuthority
• 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
• By 2026, more than 80% of enterprises will have deployed some form of AI-augmented analytics, up from under 30% in 2023. Straive
• AI spending in retail will reach $19.9 billion globally by 2026. Ringly.io
• By 2028, 50% of organizations will adopt a zero-trust approach to data governance as unverified AI-generated data continues to grow. fortinet
• Asia Pacific is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR during the foreseeable period due to the rapid adoption of generative AI by leading sectors and the increasing demand for sophisticated coding solutions to automate software development. Precedence Research
• Identity and access management is a long-standing challenge for security leaders, and the introduction of AI, agentic AI, and nonhuman identities will exacerbate IAM challenges for CISOs in 2026. IANS
• AI data centers are projected to consume 15-25% of US electricity by 2030, and the existing grid cannot support that growth. Build Fast with AI

Last updated: 24 June 2026