2025 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Artificial Intelligence

As AI adoption matures, the focus is shifting from experimentation to scale. Generative AI (GenAI) is now at the Trough of Disillusionment, signaling a maturing understanding of its potential and limits. The Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Artificial Intelligence report provides expert guidance to help you prioritize high-impact AI techniques, navigate regulatory complexity and formalize AI-ready data practices to drive transformational outcomes.

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We feel reading this report will help you:

• Prioritize high-impact AI: Understand which emerging AI techniques will deliver the most value to your organization.
• Anticipate mainstream adoption: Discover which AI technologies, like edge AI and responsible AI, are expected to reach mainstream adoption within the next two years.
• Formalize data practices: Learn why AI-ready data is crucial and how to implement it to avoid financial risk and improve business outcomes.
• Overcome key barriers: Identify the most common challenges to successful AI implementation — including data quality — and learn how to address them.
• Plan for the future: Gain insight into which innovations will reach the Gartner Plateau of Productivity, the hype phase where real-world benefits are demonstrated and accepted.

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