Global Scans · Artificial Intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] PwC's survey of global manufacturing leaders shows AI, automation, and advanced technologies moving rapidly from experimentation to scale, with tech enablement and automation set to more than double by 2030. PwC
• [New] As AI inference workloads become dominant in 2027, the GCC's low-latency connectivity to Europe, Asia, and Africa will become increasingly valuable. Data Centre Technology ConFex GCC 2026
• [New] AI has become a central risk theme in 2026, moving from experimentation to embedded capability across financial services. Kaizen Recruitment
• [New] The development of 3D IC and 2.5D IC packaging, leveraging through silicon vias and silicon interposers, is forecast to grow at an accelerating rate as leading AI chip companies, including NVIDIA and AMD, scale their chiplet-based product portfolios. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Cloud service adoption among South Korean enterprises surpassed 70% in 2023, creating a compounding demand effect on national data center capacity requirements, with AI training and inference workloads projected to account for an increasingly significant share of total compute demand through 2033. Persistence Market Research
• [New] The year 2026 will mark a turning point in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, ceasing to be an emerging promise to become a transversal, fully integrated, and governed infrastructure. Sisua Digital
• [New] 82% of business leaders globally expect to use digital labour (AI agents) within the next 12-18 months, and 46% of organizations are already using AI agents to automate workflows. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Enterprise AI spend crossed $2.5 trillion globally this year, and Gartner expects 40% of enterprise applications to run task-specific AI agents by December, up from under 5% just twelve months ago. Easy Comm
• [New] Agentic AI is moving from pilots to production, with nearly 40% of enterprise apps expected to embed task-specific agents by end of 2026 but weak governance is the top reason projects get cancelled. Easy Comm
• [New] The World Economic Forum projects AI-augmented digital twins could represent over 40% of enterprise deployments by 2027, increasing from below 10% in 2023. Persistence Market Research
• [New] AI inference, the everyday running of models, is expected to overtake training as the main workload around 2027. Thunderbird Products
• [New] Gartner has revised its IT spending forecast upwards due to an expected surge in AI-related infrastructure investment. IT Pro
• [New] Newly introduced, Pennsylvania HB 2678 would require every state professional licensing board to adopt profession-specific rules governing how licensees use AI. Propelus
• [New] 40% of enterprise applications will incorporate AI agents for specific tasks by the end of 2026, compared with fewer than 5% in 2025. Technova Partners
• [New] Among the large AI infrastructure deals Amazon signed in the quarter were one with OpenAI to build approximately 2 gigawatts of Amazon Trainium capacity starting in 2027 and one with startup Anthropic, which wants to use up to 5 gigawatts of current and next-generation Trainium chips. tradingkey.com
• [New] The world will need $5.2 tn in AI-specific data center investment by 2030. IMD business school for management and leadership cours
• [New] Fastest Growing Segment - Digital Logistics Solutions: Digital Logistics Solutions is projected to expand at ~14.2% CAGR through 2033, driven by AI-powered TMS platforms, real-time visibility tools, and blockchain-enabled traceability adoption across enterprise supply chains. Persistence Market Research
• [New] AI-driven search and content discovery are evolving fast, and long-form, intent-rich queries will be critical for Digital PR success in 2026. Reflect Digital
• [New] According to a study by 2028, 30-40% of security operations centers (SOCs) will leverage AI-driven automation for threat investigation and response, up from less than 10% in 2024. Persistence Market Research
• [New] The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models - a momentous move that could lock in dominance by OpenAI and Anthropic. Mimir's Well

Last updated: 02 August 2026