Gartner hype cycle for AI in 2025

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:39:45 -0400
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The research and advisory firm Gartner released a Hype Cycle for artificial intelligence last week. Its hype cycles represent the maturity, adoption, and social application of technologies that are important to business and the economy. While the details are currently available for Gartner’s clients, more public information on it will be released in the coming weeks.

The concept of a hype cycle was invented by Gartner 30 years ago to capture the five stages that new technological advancements typically go through as they mature and are adapted. The stages are technology trigger, peak of inflated expectations, trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, and plateau of productivity. While the categories are not very scientific, they do represent some insights into how new technical ideas develop.

You can compare their 2025 AI hype cycle to the 2024 one.