01
Frontier foundation models specialize rather than converge
97Index
+220%Interest
310KSearch vol
AI Trends
What's actually moving in AI.
A quarterly read on the field — models, agents, infrastructure, governance — compiled from named sources and re-ranked each quarter. It's the research desk behind the articles.
This quarter's top movers
02
Agentic AI shifts from experimental to business-critical infrastructure
95Index
+340%Interest
285KSearch vol
03
AI-native software engineering becomes core developer infrastructure
93Index
+185%Interest
248KSearch vol
01
Frontier foundation models specialize rather than converge
97Index
+220%Growth
310KVol
02
Agentic AI shifts from experimental to business-critical infrastructure
95Index
+340%Growth
285KVol
03
AI-native software engineering becomes core developer infrastructure
93Index
+185%Growth
248KVol
04
AI infrastructure spending reaches historic scale with $765B annual CapEx
91Index
+160%Growth
195KVol
05
EU AI Act enforcement triggers global compliance scramble
88Index
+280%Growth
165KVol
06
Enterprise AI adoption hits 72% but ROI gap persists
84Index
+120%Growth
142KVol
07
Physical AI and humanoid robotics reach industrial deployment
80Index
+250%Growth
118KVol
08
Vertical AI displaces horizontal models in healthcare, finance, and legal
78Index
+145%Growth
105KVol
09
AI safety scales from research niche to board-level imperative
75Index
+195%Growth
92KVol
10
AI workforce transformation creates net 78 million new roles by 2030
68Index
+95%Growth
78KVol
11
Open-source AI disrupts the frontier model monopoly
65Index
+175%Growth
72KVol
12
US-China AI geopolitics becomes the defining tech fault line
62Index
+130%Growth
65KVol
How this is compiled
Trends are ranked each quarter by a blend of search-interest growth and a qualitative intensity read, then cross-referenced against published research. Index and growth figures are directional, not forecasts — they're meant to show where attention is moving, which is what keeps the articles honest.