2026 in artificial intelligence

The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in artificial intelligence, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.

Events

January

• 5 January – Samsung Electronics announces plans to double its number of manufactured smartphones with Google Gemini-backed AI features, from 400 million in 2025, to 800 million in 2026.
• 6 January – LMArena announces the closing of a $150 million Series A funding round, bringing the company’s post-money valuation to approximately $1.7 billion. The round was led by Felicis and UC Investments (University of California), with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, The House Fund, LDVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Laude Ventures.
• 9 January – xAI limits use of image generation to paid users following the generation of sexually explicit deepfakes.
• 10 January – Indonesia blocks access to Grok due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.
• 11 January – Malaysia blocks Grok due to nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.
• 16 January - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) blocks Grok in the Philippines due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.
• 21 January - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) lifts their ban on Grok.
• 23 January – Malaysia lifts their ban on Grok.

February

• 2 February
• SpaceX acquires xAI (company).
• Indonesia lifts their ban on Grok.
• 3 February – Ofcom launches an investigation into X.
• 9 February – OpenAI tests advertisements for ChatGPT in the United States.
• 13 February – GPT-4o is retired.

See also

• Timeline of artificial intelligence

References