AI is only as smart as your content: five predictions for 2026

As AI scales, content management becomes the differentiator. These five predictions reveal what must change by 2026 to build trusted, enterprise-ready AI.

Most enterprise AI journeys follow a familiar arc. Early excitement. Promising pilots. A handful of use cases that work in isolation. Then reality sets in, and leaders start asking harder questions about trust, scale, and risk.

What’s becoming clear is that real AI progress isn’t about speed, it’s about readiness. Ready to deliver insight reliably. Ready to protect information. Ready to let AI operate in context, at scale. 

As organizations look toward 2026, AI readiness is emerging as the defining factor, driven by how content is managed, connected, and governed.  

Here are five predictions shaping content management in 2026, informed by analyst insight and what we’re seeing firsthand with customers scaling AI. 

AI-ready content becomes a board-level requirement, not an IT project 

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