Report on the way forward for AI analysis

Image taken from the front cover of the Future of AI Research report.

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), has published a report on the Future of AI Research. The report, which was announced by outgoing AAAI President Francesca Rossi during the AA 2025 Conferencecovers 17 different AI topics and aims to clearly identify the trajectory of AI research in a structured way.

The report is the result of a Presidential Panel, chaired by Francesca Rossi, and comprising of 24 experienced AI researchers, who worked on the project between summer 2024 and spring 2025. As well as the views of the panel members, the report also draws on community feedback, which was received from 475 AI researchers via a survey.

The 17 topics, each with a dedicated chapter, are as follows.

AI Reasoning
AI Factuality & Trustworthiness
AI Agents
AI Evaluation
AI Ethics & Safety
Embodied AI
AI & Cognitive Science
Hardware & AI
AI for Social Good
AI & Sustainability
AI for Scientific Discovery
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
AI Perception vs. Reality
Diversity of AI Research Approaches
Research Beyond the AI Research Community
Role of Academia
Geopolitical Aspects & Implications of AI

Each chapter includes a list of main takeaways, context and history, current state and trends, research challenges, and community opinion. You can read the report in full here.