State of AI · Nov 2026

The future
is not waiting

The state of AI · November 2026

It keeps getting faster.

6labs

have a flagship model that is only weeks old.

Release trackers · Nov 2026

It works alone now.

hours16

of work a top agent finishes by itself, half the time.

METR · May 2026

It uses your tools.

12→66%

of real computer tasks agents now complete.

OSWorld · Stanford AI Index 2026

Everyone is already in.

million900

people use ChatGPT every week.

OpenAI · Feb 2026

The money has chosen.

$202billion

spent by four companies in a single quarter.

Q3 2026 earnings

The grid is being rebuilt for it.

TWh950

for data centres by 2030, double today.

IEA · Apr 2026

The first jobs are going.

−11%

fewer jobs for 22 to 25 year olds in the roles most exposed to AI.

Stanford Digital Economy Lab · Aug 2026

No one is slowing it down.

months+16

Europe pushed its strictest AI rules back.

EU Digital Omnibus · 2026

Embrace it.Or be replaced.

Sources

Figures come from web searches on 12 Nov 2026, much of it secondary reporting; model names are from release trackers and unconfirmed by vendors. Pictures are public-domain works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access collection (Van Gogh, Kiitsu, Whipple, Moussette, Marville, Denis, Tiffany & Co., Greek and Roman marbles), dithered for this deck.