AI in 2026: When ChatGPT came out at the end of the year 2022, people realized for the first time that Artificial Intelligence has become not the future but the present. However, in the initial stages, many mistakes were made with AI. Many times it gave wrong information, used old data and proved to be weak in generating images or videos.
To overcome these shortcomings, the world’s big tech companies have invested billions of dollars. The result was that AI gradually became a reliable tool in research, content writing and creative work.
2025: The era of multimodal AI
By 2025, AI took a huge leap. Now it started understanding and processing not only text but also sounds and pictures simultaneously. The new AI models became more accurate than before and the problem of hallucinations i.e. fabricated answers was reduced to a great extent.
This year, a huge trend of images made with AI was seen on social media. The superior image generation capability of ChatGPT-4o made AI more popular among the common people. The situation became such that due to the craze for making Ghibli style art, even the servers of OpenAI came under pressure.
The battle between Google Gemini and Image AI
Along with OpenAI, Google also did not lag behind. Google introduced image generation models like its Nano Banana which were considered expert in creating real-like images. These tools became increasingly popular among digital art lovers and the competition for AI image creation became more intense.
2026: the year of AI video
Now the eyes are fixed on 2026 which is being considered as the year of AI video. Currently, companies like Google, OpenAI and xAI are busy improving video generation technology. Early signs of this were seen in 2025, where videos started looking more stable and natural than before. But this technology may become fully mature in 2026. It is believed that social media trends will now shift from pictures to videos made with AI.
From free trial to paid features
It is likely that companies will first give people the opportunity to create AI videos for free so that users can try this technology. After this, gradually they will be made a part of paid service. This will give creators a big opportunity to do new experiments.
Deepfake and strict rules
As AI is becoming powerful, the danger of Deepfake is also increasing. It is becoming difficult to identify fake but very real looking pictures and videos. For this reason, in the coming time, big tech companies can implement strict rules and safety guardrails on AI so that misuse can be prevented and the digital world can be kept safe.
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