Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023

The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report, now in its 11th year, highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years. This comprehensive report goes beyond listing the top 10 technologies and their associated risks and opportunities. It provides a qualitative assessment of each technology's potential impact on people, the planet, prosperity, industry and equity.

Authored by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Frontiers and over 90 experts in 20 countries, this report captures diverse perspectives worldwide. It also introduces transformation maps, showcasing how these technologies connect with other global topics and offering recommended publications for further exploration.

The report features groundbreaking technologies such as AI-enabled healthcare delivery, flexible batteries powering wearable medical devices, neural-interfacing flexible circuits and virtual shared spaces for mental health support. It explores spatial omics for molecular-level understanding, engineered viruses for health augmentation and generative AI capable of creating original content.

The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report is a powerful tool for business leaders and policy-makers to responsibly harness emerging technologies' transformative potential. A flagship product of the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this report aligns with the centre’s mission to help stakeholders harness the full potential of technological progress for the equitable and human-centred transformation of industries, economies and societies.