Learning Technologies 2026: AI in learning - From potential to practice
The focus shifts from potential to real use, with vendors and analysts pointing to where AI is delivering value now. We hear from providers building AI into products and those tracking how it is being used.
AI continues to dominate the conversation in workplace learning, but how is it being applied in practice?
At Learning Technologies 2026, Learning News spoke to some of the leading vendors, asking them about their work with AI, AI in their products and their experiences working with customers.
We also spoke to several of those who track and report on the progress of AI in learning.
This programme brings these responses together. With contributions from:
Mike Collins - 360Learning, Lori Niles-Hofmann - 8Levers, Leslie Kelley - Absorb Software, Liam Butler - Bridge, Simon Witkiss - Ciphr, Vincent Belliveau - Cornerstone, Myles Runham - Fosway, Steve Dineen - Fuse, Matt Donnovan and Jeff Fissel - GP Strategies, Richard Barkey - Imparta, Anna Poli - iSpring, Donald H Taylor - Learning Technologies 2026, Adam Thompson - Learning Pool, Ross Garner - Mindtools Kineo, Simon Riddlesden - Netex, Bill Conran - Open LMS, Faye Ellis - Pluralsight, Camilia Miccolis - Rise Up, Tammy Rutherford - Rustici Software, Armin Hopp - Speexx, Josh Cardoz - Sponge, Matt Linaker - Totara, Cassie Gasson and Frankie Woodhead - Thrive, Stephan Pineau - Training Orchestra.
Views from market analyst, Dani Johnson
Alongside this Special Feature, Learning News spoke with market analyst Dani Johnson, Principal Analyst at RedThread Research, on the evolving learning tech landscape. Dani explains how the content intervention ‘event’, long the mainstay of people’s experiences of workplace learning, is being added to with new AI-driven technologies, such as skills and assessments beforehand, and measurement, performance tracking and analytics afterwards, and that it's these areas seeing the highest growth in the learning tech industry.
Watch the interview with Dani Johnson...
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