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Stanford AI Experts Predict What Will Happen in 2026

... AI sovereignty will gain huge steam this year as countries try to show their independence from the AI providers and from the United States’ political system. What is AI sovereignty? In one model of sovereignty, a country might build its own large LLM. In another example, a country might run someone else’s LLM on their own GPUs so that they can make sure their data doesn’t leave their country. ...

So far, financial markets and big tech companies have doubled down on AI, spending massive amounts of money and human capital, and building gargantuan computing infrastructures to sustain AI growth and development. Yet already there are signs that AI may not accomplish everything we hope it will. There are also hints that AI, in some cases, can misdirect, deskill, and harm people. And there is data showing that the current buildout of AI comes with tremendous environmental costs. ...

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