Which tech trends are rising to the top of the business agenda?

The McKinsey Podcast episode features Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fasaro, along with McKinsey leaders Lareina Yee, Sven Smit, and Roger Roberts, discussing key tech trends from McKinsey's annual report. Lareina Yee differentiates agentic AI from previous AI forms, highlighting its autonomous task completion capabilities with examples in research, loan processing, and customer service. Sven Smit explores the accelerating adoption of robotics across various sectors, including energy and logistics, and the potential for robots to augment human labor, focusing on the energy transition and the need for sustainable, affordable energy solutions. Roger Roberts delves into application-specific semiconductors, emphasizing their importance in enhancing AI performance and energy efficiency, along with the challenges of power demand, talent shortages, and the necessity of digital trust and cybersecurity in the AI economy.