The AI Horizon
Future of Work /Forecasts /July 5, 2026

AI Horizon Weekly Report (July 5, 2026)

Weekly Forecast Summary

  • Role families covered: 35
  • New forecasts generated: 57
  • Evidence records collected: 2,667

Direction Mix

DirectionCountAvg ImpactAvg Confidence
Shift to AI Augmented3263.570.6
Increase1250.847.0
New Emergent767.966.1
Decrease667.358.8

Top Forecasts This Week

  1. Executive Leadership: Decrease (impact 79, confidence 87)
  2. Security Researcher: New Emergent (impact 75, confidence 44)
  3. Automation: Decrease (impact 75, confidence 47)
  4. Data AI Roles: New Emergent (impact 73, confidence 81)
  5. Security Architect: New Emergent (impact 72, confidence 82)

Key Highlight

The dominant trend this week is AI augmentation: 56% of forecasts predict roles shifting to AI-augmented workflows, led by offensive security, AI security, and data science. Executive leadership and automation roles show the strongest decrease signals, while security researchers and data AI roles are flagged as newly emergent.