The AI megatrend: What 2026 holds for tech stocks and productivity

Whatever happens in 2026, AI will be in the middle of it. While the term “artificial intelligence” has been around since the 1950s, AI arguably didn’t go mainstream until November 2022, when ChatGPT exploded into our lives. The AI-powered chatbot from OpenAI became the fastest-growing app of all time and ushered in a strange new world that we’re still trying to figure out. AI is a powerful force in the global economy. Goldman Sachs noted that the concentration of market capitalization among a handful o ...