AI: A Declarationof Autonomy Is trust the limit ofAI’s limitless possibilities? Welcome to our Technology Vision for 2025. This25th edition of our annual technology trends reportarrives at a watershed moment for technology andhumanity. As more and more leaders embrace theneed to continuously reinvent using tech, dataand AI, they, now more than ever, need a deepunderstanding of AI. Why? Because the rate of AI’stechnology diffusion is unprecedented and thepace is only increasing—creating new opportunitiesfor reinvention across the enterprise—includingnew ways of achieving efficiencies, operatingthe core of businesses, new business modelsand new ways of engaging with customers. enabler to acting autonomously on behalf ofpeople--equipping them with the capability toperform new tasks and perform others better thanever. Consider the possibilities and opportunities toreinvent as AI finds its way into new and unfamiliarterritories. To truly understand and take advantageof this potential, enterprises will be creating theirown, unique AI cognitive digital brains that willcompletely reshape the role technology playsacross their enterprise and with their people. Thiswill dramatically upend how enterprise tech systemsare designed, used and operated; act as a brandambassador; and inhabit in the physical world bypowering robotic bodies. And when AI is spreadacross an organization, it enables people and AI tobring out the best in each other. We believe we can. We see this new age oftechnology as an opportunity to inject trust inAI in a systematic manner so that businessesand people can realize its incredible reinventionpotential. Together, we can prepare now fora bold future when AI is autonomous and helpsus achieve more together. AI: A Declarationof Autonomy Is trust the limit of AI'slimitless possibilities? Karthik NarainGroup Chief Executiveof Technology and CTO Julie SweetChair and CEO We view AI as the new digital because, like digital,it is both a technology and a new way of working.We believe it will be used in every part of theenterprise and it will have a network effect oneverything and everyone involved. Its impactis already real, and as companies continue toscale AI—and use generative AI as a catalyst forreinvention—it will solve new problems, createnew inventions, change how we work and live,and transform industries and governments. Leaders are aware of the challenges to creatingthis future, which include high up-frontinvestments in their core technologies, datacentricity and quality, and talent and new skills.And chief among these challenges is trust. Our research finds that 77% of executives believeunlocking the true benefits of AI will only bepossible when it’s built on a foundation of trust.Leaders must build trust in digital systems andthe AI models, with customers and the workforceby ensuring accuracy, predictability, consistencyand traceability over and above the responsibleuse of AI. People’s trust in AI that it will perform asexpected and justly—beyond any technical aspect—is an essential component that we must get right. Accenture research shows that only 36% ofexecutives say their organizations have scaledgen AI solutions, and just 13% report achievingsignificant enterprise-level impact. We areactively equipping them to do it faster and moresafely as we see 2025 as the year of scaled AI. This year’s Technology Vision explores a futurewhen AI transitions from being an automation Contents IntroductionAI: A Declarationof Autonomy 01 The Binary Big Bang 02 Your Face, in the Future 03When LLMs gettheir Bodies 04 The New Learning Loop How people and AI are defininga virtuous cycle of learning, leading,and creating Differentiating when every interfacelooks the same When AI expands exponentially,systems are upended How foundation modelsreinvent robotics Is trust the limit of AI'slimitless possibilities? Page 47-58 Page 22-33 Page 34-46 AI: A Declarationof Autonomy on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).2,3And likebefore, the race has captivated business leaders,governments, and the world at large. Is trust the limit of AI'slimitless possibilities? But it’s a red herring—a distraction most businessleaders can’t afford. Someday, AGI will be hugelyconsequential, but today it’s still far away with deeptechnical and ethical challenges to address. Instead,it’s vitally important that leaders see the far morepressing matter already here: the generalization ofartificial intelligence, which will bring a new level ofautonomy and capability to enterprises’ systems,workforces, and operations long before AGI comesinto play. We are entering a new chapterin technology—one shaped bya generalization of AI. Today’sproliferation of accessible andever-present AI will drive newlevels of autonomy all throughoutthe business, evolving the abilityto reinvent with tech, data andAI. It will bring nearly limitlesspossibilities for innovationand growth, but also challengeenterprises’ confidence in system