We are halfway through 2025, this year has started off shaping the landscape of our future with 10 technology trends. This year alone, we heard trends new and old.
Let’s Look at these top 10 technology trends:
Agentic AI
“AI that gets stuff done for you without needing constant instructions.”
This AI acts on your behalf by completing tasks autonomously think of scheduling, coding, shopping. Currently, OpenAI (Auto-GPT, GPT agents), Adept, Rewind.ai are the industry leaders with SaaS, developer tools and productivity industries seeing the biggest boom as it revolutionizes how work gets done! What impact will that have on you? You’ll spend less time on repetitive tasks.
Generative Video AI
“Type up a script and watch AI turn it into a full video and you don’t need a camera.”
Think of creating videos from text, sketches and auto inputs right now, OpenAI Sora, Google Veo and Runway are the industry leaders with media, education, marketing and entertaining seeing the biggest boom as its a new creative frontier with a huge commercial value. For you aspiring content creators, you can make content easy with Hollywood tools at your fingertips.
Disinformation Security
“Technology that help spot fake news, deepfakes and AI lies online.”
With the rise of “alternative facts” we can definitely use a tool that can detect and counter deepfakes, AI generated content and fake news. This will probably make many recruiters and hiring managers excited but also put a pickle in generative AI solutions products. Right now, Microsoft Content Credentials and Adobe Content Authenticity Initiative are industry leaders with news, social media, government and cybersecurity seeing the potential for a slow bloom as misinformation grows it will gain importance. What this will do for you? Well, it will help you avoid scams, fake political content and misinformation. And, keep you family safer online.
Spatial Computing & XR (Extended Reality)
Augmented reality that blends digital stuff into your real world view.”
Interaction with digital content in physical space using AR/VR hardware. We can thank Apple, Meta and Magic Leap for developing the gadgets to make this a reality; however, although big potential but there isn’t quite an app that can knock this one out the park! So the industries that would benefit the most from this such as retail, gaming, health and architecture will have to wait a bit longer. However, it this does become a reality it would make shopping, working out, learning or designing your home so much easier.
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Next-gen encryption to keep your data safe from future supercomputers.”
Cryptographic methods resistant to quantum computer attacks. Leading this new anti-future of supercomputers are IBM, NIST and Microsoft Azure Quantum although, we’ll have to wait on it but this will definitely boom in the Finance, defense, infrastructure and cloud security as its impact will be with online banking, medical records and personal data. I believe the goal is to better protect behind the scenes so you can sleep at night.
Synthetic Media Detection
“Tools that tell you if something was made by AI or a real human.”
AI that identifies whether content was generated or manipulated by other AI. DeepMedia, Hive, Truepic are leading this trend with the impact relative to law, journalism and social media platforms. This a very niche area as it specifically will relax in the legal and regulatory spaces. But for you, you’ll be able to trust what you see online more and it helps you avoid fake job offers, celebrity scams and misleading AI content.
AI Content Governance Tools
Rules and tracking systems that make sure AI is used responsibly.”
This AI is sort of similar to the overall mantra of cybersecurity as its systems work to track, audit and enforce AI outputs. Scale AI, Anthropic, OpenAI + EU/US regulators are leading with the focus industries with the most impact are: Legal, enterprise AI and education As you know anything governance related has to be policy driven and the growing need will be there as enterprise AI scales up. How will this affect you? The AI apps you use at work or home will be safer, more reliable and less likely to do weird or harmful things.
Quantum Computing
“Super powerful computers that can solve problems regular ones can’t.”
Computers that process data using quantum bits (qubits) to solve problems standard computers can’t do. Let’s leave this trend to the experts over at IBM, Google Quantum AI and IonQ. They are still researching this trend but as of right now, it looks like a bust as the industries of impact would be pharma, logistics, encryption and finance. However, later down the line it could lead to better medicines, climate solutions and faster innovations that affect your overall health.
Low-Code / No-Code Tools
“App builders you can use without writing much or any code.”
Tools allowing users to build apps with minimal coding. Now this is something I can get on board with in addition to the Extended Reality trend. With industry leaders such as OutSystems, Microsoft Power Platform and Webflow they are looking to make things much accessible and convenient for SMBs, internal IT, startups when the time comes. But as for right now, it appears to be plateau as this is great for fast builds but limited for complex systems and capabilities. How this has impacted me? I built an app called BloomYou thanks to Thunkable so it can save you time and help you launch a side project without being technical.
Decentralized Web (Web3)
“A new version of the internet where you control your data, not big tech.”
A blockchain-based internet model focused on user control, tokenized assets and privacy. The finance, digital identity and creator economy with companies such as Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap and IPFS would see the biggest impact. Although, the vision is there its a bust as real use cases just aren’t there. If they ever get the opportunity, this will allow you to have more control over your identity, digital money and privacy but only if the tech is user friendly and widely adopted.
AI has become the most talked about and implemented tech innovation both for its adaptation and adaptability. The technology landscape is so vast yet unpredictable so we must stay innovative and ahead of the curve.
Which one of these 10 technology trends for 2025 are you anticipating?
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