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Edition covers '2016 and beyond'. Gartner's stated count: 10 (press release numbers the predictions 1 to 10). Found in public source: 10 top predictions. Client report: "Top Strategic Predictions for 2016 and Beyond: The Future Is a Digital Thing" (paywalled). gartner.com returns 403 to scripted fetches; text read from the Internet Archive snapshot listed in sources. Quotes are the prediction headline sentences as printed in the press release; body text is not stored.
By 2018, 20 percent of business content will be authored by machines.
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By 2018, six billion connected things will be requesting support.
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By 2018, more than 3 million workers globally will be supervised by a "robo-boss."
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By year-end 2018, 20 percent of smart buildings will have suffered from digital vandalism.
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By 2018, 45 percent of the fastest-growing companies will have fewer employees than instances of smart machines.
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By year-end 2018, customer digital assistant will recognize individuals by face and voice across channels and partners.
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By 2018, two million employees will be required to wear health and fitness tracking devices as a condition of employment.
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By 2020, autonomous software agents outside of human control will participate in five percent of all economic transactions.
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By 2020, smart agents will facilitate 40 percent of mobile interactions, and the postapp era will begin to dominate.
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Through 2020, 95 percent of cloud security failures will be the customer's fault
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