AI world models need to understand cause and effect
They should be able to map how reality works, not just how it looks
They should be able to map how reality works, not just how it looks

Some companies think users would prefer products with morals pre-installed

Companies such as OpenAI are running what amounts to a giant social experiment

Evaluation of use cases and business models will dominate 2026

If models can learn to master complex calculations, they could solve problems that have so far eluded us

Innovation transforms the nature of work — our job is to guide that transition by mapping existing skills on to new roles

It’s expanding the scope of research but challenging the profession’s process of weeding out mistakes