Australia’s Treasury has placed artificial intelligence among five transitions expected to reshape the economy through 2065–66, while digital assets are absent from the report’s five headline themes.
Summary
- Australia’s 2026 Intergenerational Report identifies artificial intelligence as one of five major long-term economic transitions.
- Treasury says agentic AI systems are becoming more autonomous, capable and widely used across society.
- Crypto receives no focus in the 40-year outlook despite separate government digital finance initiatives underway.
- Australia’s Financial Innovation Strategy links AI agents with real-time, interoperable and programmable payment…
