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AI Scenarios 2030: Helping policymakers plan for the future of AI
This Foresight report sets out 5 scenarios for how AI could develop by 2030, helping policymakers prepare for future risks and opportunities.
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This Foresight project explores how AI capabilities could develop and affect security, geopolitics, the economy and society by 2030. It sets out five plausible and stretching scenarios to help policymakers test assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and develop policy that is resilient to different AI futures. This is an updated version of the AI 2030 Scenarios Report published in 2025.
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Published 15 June 2026