Trends impacting Lobbyists
It is important to look broadly for disruption. This list includes 222 trends we're following that may shape the future for this industry. You can also click here to search for trends by industry and technology.
- Deep Learning for Food Recognition
- Big Tech Gets into Farming
- Big Tech Gets Into Healthcare
- Patient-Generated Health Data
- Automated Medical Transcription
- Hospitals as Tech Innovators
- U.S. and Global Election Security
- Interoperability Initiatives
- Corporate Foreign Policy
- Reversing Environmental Rules and Regulations
- Green Tech
- Renewable Energy
- Charging Stations
- Ultra-High-Voltage Direct Current and Macro Grids
- Better Batteries
- The Anthropocene Epoch
- Unpredictable, Rising Sea Levels
- Extreme Weather Events
- Human Migration Patterns Shift
- Precision Agriculture
- The Proliferation of Splinternets
- Content Moderation in the Name of National Security
- Digitally Retouching History
- Decentralized Content Platforms
- Platform Switching and Demographic Shifts Threaten Established Social Networks
- Censorship in the Digital Age
- IRL Geography Reshapes the Virtual World
- Digital Frailty
- Platform Ownership
- Detecting Authentic Activity
- Bounty Programs
- Magnetic Tape Supply Shortages
- Biometric Malware
- State-Sponsored Security Breaches
- Critical Infrastructure Targets
- Offensive Government Hacking
- Security
- Zero-Day Exploits on the Rise
- Zero-Knowledge Proofs Go Commercial
- Gaining Access to Backdoors
- Remote Kill Switches
- Insecure Supply Chains
- Data Manipulation Becomes The Greater Threat
- Consumer Device Targeting
- Cyber Risk Insurance
- A.I.-Powered Automated Hacking Systems
- DDoS Attacks on the Rise
- Third-Party Verified Identities
- Ransomware-as-a-Service
- Decentralized Hacktivists
- Targeted Attacks on Voice Interfaces
- Open Source App Vulnerabilities
- Global Cybersecurity Pacts
- Proliferation of Darknets
- Hijacking Internet Traffic
- Weird Glitches
- The End of Biological Privacy
- Public Entities Selling Private Data
- Connected Device Security Loopholes
- Tech Workers Fighting for Privacy
- Encrypted Messaging Networks
- Vanishing Messages
- Digital Eavesdropping Rights
- Data Ownership
- Digital Self-Incrimination
- Differential Privacy
- Promoting Anonymity
- Verification
- Revenge Porn
- Drone Surveillance
- Influencing Future Privacy Laws
- Defining Online Harassment
- Safeguarding and Verifying Leaked Data
- Trolls
- Data Retention Policies
- Compliance Challenges and Unrealistic Budgets
- Connected Fabrics
- Smart Belts and Shoes
- Touch-Sensitive Materials
- Home Automation
- Privacy
- Rings and Bracelets
- Hearables / Earables
- Smart Gloves
- DNA Storage
- Microbe-Engineering As a Service
- Microbiome Extinction
- Biointerfaces
- Nanomesh Temporary Tattoos
- Dissolving Bioelectronics
- Smart Threads
- Adaptive Wearable Technologies
- Genetic Screening
- Biological DVRs
- Superbugs, Viruses and Phages
- Building a Comprehensive Human Cell Atlas
- Programmable, Ingestible, and Implantable Microbots
- Skinput
- Wearables
- Cloud-Based Wireless Body Area Networks
- Commercial Full-Body Exoskeletons
- Wearable Air Conditioners
- Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs)
- Smartwatches
- Intelligent Packaging
- Insect Agriculture and Bug Proteins
- Cellular Agriculture
- Synthetic Biology
- Super-Fast Molecule Discovery
- Designer Cells
- Molecular Robotics
- Building Full Chromosomes
- Synthetic Age Reversal
- Genomic Editing
- Gene Vandalism
- Prime Editing
- Organoid Development
- Super Pigs
- Unregulated Pet Cloning
- A Shortage of Genome Storage
- Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Profiling
- Creating Synthetic Wombs
- Fertilizing the Oceans
- Enzymes to Eat Ocean Trash
- Corporate Environmental Responsibility
- Sustainability as Corporate Identity
- Corporates Adopt Net-Zero Energy
- Sustainable Shipping
- Aeroponics, Vertical Cultivation and Indoor Plant Factories
- Aeroponic Growing
- Vertical Farming Grows Up
- Indoor Plant Factories
- Geoengineering
- Storing Captured Carbon with Algae and Bacteria
- Converting Carbon Dioxide into Building Materials
- Stratospheric Aerosol Scattering with Sulfur Dioxide
- Reducing Corporate Reliance on Plastics
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
- Drone Air Lanes
- Follow Me Autonomously
- Drone Swarms
- Transportation Trends
- Cognitive Active Safety Features
- Electric Vehicles Cause Electricity Demand Spikes
- Transportation-as-a-Service
- Forced Updates To Firmware and Software
- Analog Fallbacks
- Exponential Growth in Autonomous Miles Data
- Autonomous Last Mile Logistics
- Mixed-Use Sidewalks and Drone Lanes
- Supersonic Flights
- Autonomous Ships
- Wireless Charging Everywhere
- Energy Trading Platforms for Blockchain
- Zero Carbon Natural Gas
- Floating Nuclear Energy Plants
- Subsea Power Grids
- A.I. at the Edge
- Digital Makeup
- Neuroenhancers
- Drones
- Medical Supply Drone Delivery
- Drone Operation Centers
- Clandestine, Disappearing Drones
- Quantum and Edge
- Drones-as-a-Service
- Personal Home Drone Surveillance
- Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight
- Real-Time Mapping
- Drones for Dangerous and Hard-To-Reach Areas
- Flying Taxis
- Synth-Pop Makes a Comeback
- Simulating Human Experiences
- Synthetic Voice Fraud
- Synthetic Sex Tapes
- Synthetic Property Rights and Legal Protections
- Using Synthetic Media to Get Around Copyright Laws
- Synthetic Media Marketplaces
- Truth Decay in an Era of Synthetic Media
- Speech Synthesis
- Modulating Custom Voices
- Deep Behaviors and Predictive Machine Vision
- Generative Algorithms for Voice, Sound and Video
- Mapped Synthetic Environments
- Food Recognition Systems
- Holograms
- 360-degree Video
- Scoring
- Recognition
- A.I. and Digital Dividends
- Vast Differences in Verification Systems
- Behavioral Biometrics
- Scoring Vulnerable Populations
- Surveillance Scoring-as-a-Service (SSaaS)
- Bias in Scoring Systems
- Conflicting Norms, Standards and Regulations for Scoring
- Automatic Voice Transcription
- Bioacoustic Recognition
- WiFi Recognition
- A.I. for Drug Development
- China’s A.I. Rules
- Personal Digital Twins
- The Rise of Undocumented A.I. Accidents
- Problematic Data Sets
- A.I. to Catch Cheaters
- Algorithms Designed to Target Vulnerable Populations
- A.I. Still Has a Bias Problem
- A.I. Systems Intentionally Hiding Data
- Datamining Crowds
- Global Rush to Fund A.I.
- Algorithm Marketplaces
- Fragmentation
- Corporate Biometric Spoofing
- Bots
- Marketplace Consolidation
- Liability Insurance for A.I.
- Ambient Surveillance
- Artificial Intelligence
- A.I. in the Cloud
- Robotic Process Automation
- Proliferation of Franken-Algorithms
- Companies Manipulating A.I. Systems for Competitive Advantage