Gen AI Disillusionment Looms, According To Gartner's 2025 Hype Cycle Report
ZDNET, Thursday, August 7th, 2025
The report lays out the top 4 innovations of 2025, including what's in and what's on the way out.
ZDNET's key takeaways
- Gartner has released its 2025 Hype Cycle report.
- AI agents and data are at their most inflated and need precise application to yield results.
- The report also emphasized trust and safety efforts as critical to the next five years.
Research firm Gartner has released its annual Hype Cycle report, which investigates whether new technology is living up to expectations or is still far off from making a meaningful impact. At the top of the list this year? AI agents.
The report comes at a time when tech companies are making big promises about AI's capabilities and the extent to which it will become entrenched in our everyday lives, both at home and work.