'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices

COMPUTEX 2026 In his Computex keynote speech this week Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon offered a glimpse of an AI-augmented future straight out of an episode of Black Mirror. According to Amon, agents — automated systems which harness AI models to automate complex tasks without the need for human supervision — will fundamentally change humanity’s relationship with technology. “The phone, today, is at the center of your digital life and therefore everything is around the phone,” he said.