Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2025

From agentic AI to unstructured data, these 2025 AI trends deserve close attention from leaders. Get fresh data and advice from two experts.

This is the time of year for predictions and trend analyses, and as data science and artificial intelligence become increasingly important to the global economy, it’s vital that leaders watch emerging AI trends.

Nobody seems to use AI to make these predictions, and we won’t either, as we share our list of AI trends that will matter in 2025. But we will incorporate the latest research whenever possible. Randy has just completed his annual survey of data, analytics, and AI executives, the 2025 AI & Data Leadership Executive Benchmark Survey, conducted by his educational firm, Data & AI Leadership Exchange; and Tom has worked on several surveys on generative AI and data, technology leadership structures, and, most recently, agentic AI.

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Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2025 | Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean

AI experts Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean explain the top AI trends leaders should watch in the new year.