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AI Trends

Where AI sits inside the market: every AI theme and AI topic on the board, how much of the conversation each one carries, and which way it is pointing.

AI mentions
1,105
AI rows tracked
5

Refreshed Oct 29, 2026

This week in AI trendsOct 29

Agentic AI & Digital Workers leads the AI conversation at 25.8% of AI coverage

16 AI themes and topics carried 1,105 mentions over 90 days. AI Policy & Governance is the fastest riser at +5.1 points of share.

Largest topic
Agentic AI & Digital Workers carries 25.8% of the AI conversation, on 285 mentions.
Fastest mover
AI Policy & Governance is +5.1 points of share against the 45 days before.
Theme carrying it
Agentic AI & Digital Workers holds 54.3% of AI coverage across 6 rows.

WatchAI Policy & Governance is the row to keep an eye on: +5.1 points of share on 68 mentions.

Featured Trends · Highest Volume · 30D
Filtered byAll markets · 30 days · all types · every theme
MarketCounted from the segment each story was filed under.
Window
Show
1

Agentic AI & Digital Workers

Theme
87 storiesPeaking
-23.7%vs prior 30d
10.2%share of conversation · L30
2

AI in the Classroom

Topic
65 storiesPeaking
-1.5%vs prior 30d
7.6%share of conversation · L30
3

AI Policy & Governance

Theme
42 storiesAccelerating
+82.6%vs prior 30d
4.9%share of conversation · L30
4

Workforce AI Training

Topic
41 storiesAccelerating
+70.8%vs prior 30d
4.8%share of conversation · L30
5

Autonomous Systems & Drones

Topic
37 storiesAccelerating
+54.2%vs prior 30d
4.3%share of conversation · L30
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6

AI Agents in Government

Topic

33 stories · -30% vs prior

Snapshot
7

Workflow Automation

Topic

31 stories · -47% vs prior

Snapshot
8

Defense AI Adoption

Topic

23 stories · +229% vs prior

Snapshot

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AI trend intelligence

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The evolution of the AI conversation is open to every reader. The topic map and the momentum projection open with the plan.

Every AI theme and AI topic on the board, added together day by day. A story that touches three AI topics counts three times here, so read these as the shape of the AI conversation rather than a count of stories.

AI mentions per 4 dayspeak 86
Aug 1Oct 28
How the AI conversation movedfirst half → second half of the window
  • Agentic AI & Digital Workers30% → 23%
  • AI in the Classroom17% → 15%
  • Workflow Automation18% → 9%
  • AI Agents in Government11% → 10%
  • Workforce AI Training5% → 9%
  • 11 smaller AI topics20% → 35%

Grey is the first half of the window, blue the second, both as a share of all AI mentions in that half.

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