Agents and humanoid robots promise to ‘dominate’ in 2026
Experts believe these are the two big sub-trends for 2026, a year in which AI will also become more “contextual”. There will be news on the regulatory front too.
An alliance of agents and humanoid robots is preparing to dominate the generative artificial intelligence (AI) landscape in 2026, a year in which the valuations of the big technology companies promise to keep causing vertigo. At the same time, companies’ proprietary data will gain prominence, as the open sources of information fit for specialising models run dry.
As a new year arrives, doubts persist about the limits of the technology that has given the most to talk about in recent times. Even so, in 2025, the year ChatGPT celebrated its third birthday, OpenAI managed to keep innovating, adding new image and video creation features. The platform is now used by more than 800 million people a week, has gained its own agent and even has a browser, Atlas.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 27 December 2025.