2026 Predictions: Apple Will Reverse Its AI Slump

As AI has completely consumed the tech industry, Apple has held back from the colossal investments in the technology its peers have been making. Wall Street, pundits and media outlets have criticized and chronicled Apple’s stumbles and seeming lack of urgency in the AI arms race. That includes us.

But I would like to propose another possibility: that 2026 could vindicate Apple’s decision to stay out of the fray.