EDPS publishes its TechSonar 2025-2026 report, focusing on AI-enabled services
25/11/2025 | EDPS
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has published its TechSonar report for 2025-2026. In the crosshairs this year is the increasing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in our daily lives and the impact of AI-enabled automation on fundamental rights. The report addresses six trends, including agentic AI, AI companions, automated proctoring, AI-driven personalised learning, coding assistants and confidential computing. In the report's Foreword, EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski writes that "As AI systems grow more autonomous and deeply embedded in human environments, humans will increasingly be taking a role that we can describe as “shepherds of AI agents” - stepping back from doing tasks themselves and focusing instead on overseeing AI systems as they act, guiding their impact, and ensuring they align with human values."
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