In last year’s trend analysis by Runder Tisch GIS e.V., artificial intelligence was identified as an overarching trend across all examined thematic areas. Accordingly, all participants involved in this year’s trend analysis prepared to investigate applications and business models related to the latest developments in AI—particularly in the field of AI agents (agentic AI)—on site at the trade fair. In practice, however, a clear discrepancy became apparent between current research, in which agentic AI is presently regarded as a “hot topic,” and the state of industrial adoption.
Status Quo: Classic AI vs. Agentic AI
At the trade fair, agentic AI played only a marginal role compared to more traditional AI applications, such as those used for object detection or classification. Apart from a few relatively simple chatbots, for example in the field of Building Information Modeling, there were hardly any products or services on display or actively promoted that were based on AI agents. When asked, however, several well-known companies in the industry stated that they are currently investing significant resources in the development of new products and services that are expected to make extensive use of agentic AI in the future.
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