A lot will happen in 2026!

In 2013, the world was shocked by revelations that governments had developed surveillance capabilities far beyond what most citizens imagined possible. For weeks, newspapers were filled with debates about privacy, digital monitoring, and the growing power of institutions capable of collecting information on a massive scale. Many people assumed they were witnessing a unique moment in history—a controversy that would define the limits of surveillance in the digital age. More than a decade later, that assumption looks increasingly outdated. The technologies that sparked global outrage during the early 2010s now appear relatively modest when compared with the capabilities emerging from today's artificial intelligence industry. Modern AI systems can analyze text, images, audio, video, purchasing habits, behavioral patterns, and vast streams of real-time information at a scale that would have seemed almost unimaginable only a few years ago. More importantly, these systems are no longer e...