Graphs that explain the state of AI in 2026
IEEE Spectrum presents a series of graphs illustrating the current state of AI in 2026, offering a data-driven overview of trends and developments in the field as tracked by AI index metrics.
The Wire · AI & work
Every AI-and-labor headline in one place, summarized in 40 words or fewer.
Pulled from MIT Tech Review, Ars Technica, The Verge, the BLS, and Hacker News every 15 minutes. Summaries by Claude; source links go straight to the original publisher.
How this works
Each source is polled on a short cadence. A background job writes a ≤40-word summary and tags via Claude, scores the item's relevance to AI + labor 0–100, and auto-hides anything under 40. Summaries are not original reporting — always click through to the publisher for the full story.