The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis 51 Charts That Will Shape AI in 2026
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Dec 24, 2025 Dive into 51 eye-opening charts that capture the current landscape and future of AI by 2026. Discover the rapid growth of coding capabilities and the efficiency of AI models. Explore the explosive adoption of chatbots and the shifting market dynamics among major players. Delve into the economic shifts as falling prices boost AI consumption, while societal impacts hint at rising youth unemployment. Uncover China's growing dominance in open-source models and the potential bottlenecks in AI development. The future of AI promises to be anything but dull!
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Reasoning Tokens Are Now Central
- Reasoning tokens surged from near-zero to over 50% of usage by late 2025, changing how models are applied.
- This shift unlocked new capabilities and use cases tied to reasoning-oriented workloads.
Engineering Tasks Doubling Fast
- Meter's benchmark showed software-engineering task capability doubling roughly every four months in 2025.
- Rapid capability gains mean AI progress remains fast and non‑plateauing.
Big Efficiency Gains Lower Costs
- Models improved both in raw capability and in cost-efficiency, e.g., Gemini 3 Flash outperformed prior models at roughly one-third the cost.
- ARC AGI tests showed hundreds of percent efficiency gains within a year, amplifying practical adoption.