“I think in five years' time, everybody will have their own AI companion, which will know them so intimately and so personally that it will come to live life alongside you. It will see what you see, hear what you hear, understand your context, your preferences, your motivations, and it'll feel like an ever-present aid or friend that is there to help you navigate life's big challenges.”
CEO of Microsoft AI; co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI
Said Jan 15, 2026Deadline Jan 15, 2031Video remarks circulated January 15, 2026; reported by Windows Central, January 20, 2026
Resolves in January 2031 on whether near-universal, persistently context-aware personal AI companions (seeing and hearing what the user does) have arrived.