Insight ReportAI Insights: Tracking AI’s Biggest Shifts with the AI IMPACT Framework Charlie Poon, Analyst Sector Lead: John Harmon, CFA, Associate Director of Technology Research May 7, 2026 Reasons to ReadArtificial intelligence is advancing across compute, power, models, policy, retail adoption and labor at once. Discover how the Coresight Research AI IMPACT framework distills this fast-moving news flow into actionable intelligence across six pillars. Read this report to discover answers to these and other questions: How are funding, compute and energy turning AI into an infrastructure battlefield? How are frontier models becoming autonomous co-workers? How are open-weight models reshaping pricing and competitive advantage? Why are regulators and copyright disputes becoming central to AI strategy? What does AI-assisted shopping adoption signal for agentic commerce and retailers? Data in this research report include: AI funding rounds and valuations; compute, energy and data-center deals; frontier and open-weight model timelines; regulatory and copyright developments; US agentic commerce market-size estimates; consumer GenAI shopping adoption; retailer AI assistant launches; and AI-linked layoffs. Companies mentioned in this report include: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Amazon, Google, NVIDIA, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, Ace Hardware, Ulta Beauty, Tesco and HSBC. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: 2026 Sector Outlook: Global and US Luxury Goods Retailing—Rebound Despite Challenges in Shopper BaseThe US Online Grocery Surge: What’s Driving It, Who’s Shopping and Why the Momentum Is Here To StayStretching Budgets and Shifting Choices: Navigating Back-to-School 2025—Data GraphicHoliday Bites: US Holiday Travelers Plan To Spend Less—Data Graphic
