The main drivers behind this year’s list of 10 technology are quick improvements in AI, computing, and human-machine conversation. Gartner recommends IT officials watch closely on this topic in 2025.
Gene Alvarez, Gartner’s distinguished vice president researcher, revealed a list of systems changes likely to cause disruption in the next two to 10 years during the IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia on Sept. 10. According to research and assessments, he claimed that the list only includes developments and innovations that “are but important C-level managers are saying we need to do something about this.”
1. Turning AI into decision-making officials
Within the next two to three years, according to Gartner, Agentic AI will have features that transcend simple tasks like analyzing data and carrying out calculations on its own behalf. Instead of giving consumers options, they will be able to select the option that is most advantageous for the person if given permission.
2. programs for governing AI systems
AI leadership platforms and tools are being developed to create trust through transparency and morality into designs, spurred by issues like unit discrimination. Alvarez claimed that this will make features like the ability to explain AI-generated solutions and stop bad outcomes.
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3. Equipment defending against propaganda
Generative AI had let bad actors to create artificial press, such as false videos, voices, and images that mimic people or organisations. By assessing the reality and documenting the disperse of disinformation, disinformation security tools will help organizations identify deepfakes or find chemical media.
4. Moving to post-quantum encryption
Post-quantum encryption requirements were just released. According to Gartner, post-quantum encryption may be a problem in only two to three years. Immediately, IT leaders will have to replace all pieces of encryption with a post-quantum algorithm that is beyond the reach of quantum or classic computing.
5. External mobile keywords and detectors
The falling cost of wireless tags and receptors, which can record and track inventory, supply chain problems, or physical goods, will shortly enable companies to obtain and listen to data from parts of their operations that were previously “in the shadows”, Alvarez said.
6. Exploring energy-efficient computing
Organizations may soon begin shifting energy-intensive algorithms to green cloud providers, rewriting algorithms to use less energy, or more closely monitor generative AI’s energy consumption. Additional technologies like optical, neuromorphic, and DNA storage could create vast efficiency improvements.
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7. Going hybrid with future computing
Future hybrid computing trends are anticipated for organizations. Alvarez said they are likely to integrate and orchestrate multiple different computing paradigms and technologies, including CPUs, GPUs, edge computing, quantum computing, optical computing, and storing information in DNA.
8. Enhancing reality with spatial computing
Through devices like augmented reality headsets, spatial computing brings the physical and digital realms together into a single, unified 3D space. Alvarez claimed that there are currently being developed tools and applications that could allow just-in-time contextualization for decision-making on the job site like in the manufacturing shop floor.
9. Robots that multitask
Polyfunctional robots that can perform multiple tasks rather than being restricted to one task are expected to become a part of everyday life, even though it will take between three and ten years. By 2030, Alvarez predicted that 80 % of people could be using intelligent, multifunctional robots every day.
10. Neurological enhancement technologies
Gartner claims that this will not happen for at least another ten years. However, developing technologies that can read and enhance brain functions could be used in settings like healthcare facilities to restore senses like sight or hearing. Devices will range from straightforward wearables like earbuds and headbands to complex, fully integrated brain-computer interfaces.
Ignore technology trends at your peril, Gartner warns
IT leaders would have to make a decision on which technologies to use right away, which to monitor, and which to ignore, Alvarez said. However, he urged caution to those who do choose to ignore Gartner’s strategic technology trends, saying, “if you turn your back on a wave, it could knock you down”.
