Five Clues To The Future Of AI From Recent Headlines

For better or worse, Artificial Intelligence remains a hot topic and the biggest driver behind market gains over the past two years. Google searches for technology terms continue to be dominated by AI, and even though searches for ChatGPT had hit a 2024  low back in July, they have since made a late summer surge as students ease the pain of that first post-vacation assignment with AI-enabled cheating (AI's only true use-case so far, at least until teachers figure out how to spot AI written essays).

Looking at the Google Trends chart above, virtual reality and the metaverse had their moments in the sun in recent years: crypto, which briefly overtook AI in mid-2021, continues to excite some interest. But searches for AI this month are as high as they have ever been, and 20 times as high as crypto.