2026 in artificial intelligence
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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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 9 January – xAI limits use of image generation to paid users following the generation of sexually explicit deepfakes.[3][4]
- 10 January – Indonesia blocks access to Grok due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.[5]
- 11 January – Malaysia blocks Grok due to nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes.[5]
- 16 January - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) blocks Grok in the Philippines due to nonconsensual sexualised deepfakes.[6]
- 21 January - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) lifts their ban on Grok.[7]
- 23 January – Malaysia lifts their ban on Grok.[8]