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Here\u2019s\u00a0is our 2026 edition of\u00a050 Top Global\u00a0Digital\u00a0Influencers<\/strong>\u00a0to Follow on X (formelly Twitter) & LinkedIn in 2026 [selection from our\u00a0home made algorithm, with no ranking, for sure it’s better like this :)]. This\u00a0list is of course non exhaustive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This list is covering major Topics around the global economic & technical Digital Transformation<\/strong>, such as:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large Language Models (LLMs),<\/strong> Climate Action,<\/strong> Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep Learning,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI Ethics – AI Security, RegTech-Regulation, Responsible AI, Privacy, Diversity, Women In Stem, Inclusion, Accessibility,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanoid robots-Physical AI, Argentic AI, AI Agents, IoT (Internet of Things)<\/strong>, IIoT<\/strong> (Industrial<\/strong> Internet of Things), Autonomous Vehicles<\/strong>, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital & Health Tech, Wearables, Cloud & Edge Computing<\/strong>, Smart Cities<\/strong>, Robots\/Bots\/Chatbots\/NLP,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future of Work<\/strong>, Data Science<\/strong>, Fintech, Insurtech, DevOps, Edtech, Cyber Security, VR & AR, Digital Twins, <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainablity, Environment, Climate Change & Energy,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blockchain, Quantum Computing, Web3, Crypto, Science, Coding, Python, \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Big “Giant” tech companies are not in this list because they obviuosly don\u2019t \u201cplay the same game\u201d ;=)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We celebrate this year, here below, the 10th annual edition of our Top Global Interesting Digital Experts & AI content creators-Influencers to Follow in 2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: ” Twitter*** ” here <\/em>means that these accounts don’t post anymore on Twitter\/X<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geoffrey Hinton<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @geoffreyhinton<\/strong><\/a> | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Yoshua Bengio <\/a>X (Twitter):<\/em> @Yoshua_Bengio<\/strong><\/a> |  LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Yann LeCun<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>ylecun <\/a><\/strong>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Fran\u00e7ois Chollet<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @fchollet<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |<\/em> AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Fei-Fei Li<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>drfeifei<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Andrew Ng<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @AndrewYNg<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Andrej Karpathy<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @karpathy<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Imtiaz Adam<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>DeepLearn007<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Arvind Narayanan<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @random_walker<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Louis-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @Whats_AI<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Eric Topol<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@EricTopol<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Health Tech \u2013 Digital Transformation<\/em>
John Nosta<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>johnnosta<\/a><\/strong> | <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Health Tech<\/em>
Evan Kirstel<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @evankirstel<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em> – Health Tech<\/em>
Brian Ahier<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@ahier<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Health Tech \u2013 Science<\/em>
Irma Rastegayeva<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@<\/a>irmaraste<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Health Tech<\/em>
Timnit Gebru<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @timnitGebru<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  AI Ethics<\/em>
Mia Shah-Dand<\/a> X (Twitter***):<\/em> @<\/a>MiaD<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  AI Ethics – Diversity Inclusion<\/em>
Women in AI Ethics & WAIE+ (WAIEplus)<\/a> X (Twitter***):<\/em> @WomeninAIEthics<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>  | AI Ethics – Diversity Inclusion<\/em>
Hessie Jones<\/a>:<\/em> LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  AI Ethics – Diversity Inclusion<\/em>
Karin Lakhoune<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @BroadenView<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  AI Ethics – Diversity Inclusion<\/em>
Antonio Vieira Santos<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>akwyz<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em> Tech Sustainablity<\/em>
Meredith Whittaker<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @mer__edith<\/strong><\/a>  | Privacy \u2013 Cyber Security<\/em>
Roxana Nasoi<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @roxananasoi<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Cybersecurity Privacy<\/em>
Kirk Borne<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>KirkDBorne<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  <\/em>| AI \u2013 Data Science \u2013 Big Data<\/em>
KdNuggets<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>kdnuggets<\/a><\/strong> |  LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Data Science \u2013 Big Data<\/em>
Bill Schmarzo<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Data Science \u2013 Big Data \u2013 AI<\/em>
Carla Gentry<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@data_nerd <\/strong><\/a>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Data Science \u2013 AI<\/em>
Bob Hayes<\/a> X (Twitter***)<\/em>: @<\/a>bobehayes<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Data Science \u2013 Machine Learning<\/em>
Tom Davenport<\/a> X (Twitter***):<\/em> @tdav<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation \u2013 AI \u2013 Data Science<\/em>
Jean-Baptiste Lefevre<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>jblefevre60<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a> | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Antonio Grasso<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @antgrasso <\/strong><\/a>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Spiros Margaris<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@<\/a>SpirosMargaris<\/a> <\/strong>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a> | Fintech \u2013 AI<\/em>
Theodora (Theo) Lau<\/a> X (Twitter***):<\/em> @<\/a>psb_dc <\/a><\/strong>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Fintech \u2013 Responsible AI<\/em>
Eveline Ruehlin<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @enilev<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Health Tech \u2013 Digital Transformation<\/em>
Sabine VanderLinden<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @SabineVdL<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Fintech \u2013 Digital Transformation<\/em>
Pinna Pierre<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>pierrepinna<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI Ethics \u2013 Digital Transformation<\/em>
Data Science Central<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @Datasciencectrl<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | AI \u2013 Data Science<\/em>
Linda Grasso<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @LindaGrass0<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Robin Kiera<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @stratorob <\/strong><\/a>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
ipfconline<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @ipfconline1<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  Digital Transformation \u2013 AI<\/em> – Responsible AI<\/em>
Nicolas Babin<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@<\/a>Nicochan33<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation \u2013 AI<\/em>
Ian Jones<\/a> X (Twitter): <\/em>@IanLJones98 <\/strong><\/a>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Tamara McCleary<\/a> X (Twitter): @<\/a>TamaraMcCleary<\/a><\/strong><\/em> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation Ethics<\/em>
Marsha Collier<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @MarshaCollier<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |<\/em> Digital Transformation Marketing<\/em>
Dinis Guarda<\/a>  X (Twitter):<\/em> @dinisguarda<\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Harold Sinnott<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @HaroldSinnott<\/strong><\/a> | <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Efi Pylarinou<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @efipm<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation – Fintech<\/em>
Stephen Harwood <\/a>X (Twitter):<\/em> @drsharwood <\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Khulood Almani<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @<\/a>Khulood_Almani <\/a><\/strong> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  |  Digital Transformation<\/em>
Franco Ronconi<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @FrRonconi <\/strong> <\/a>| LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | Digital Transformation<\/em>
Plus: Yann Marchand<\/a> X (Twitter):<\/em> @Ym78200<\/strong><\/a> | LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>  | For French speakers and art lovers!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trends<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Current and near-term Strong Trends in Tech we observed:
\u2013 AI Security<\/strong>: Towards a responsible future : AI Ethics, Responsible AI , Sustainability-Energy Issues, Equity \/ Diversity \/ Inclusion
\u2013 Announcements of the creation of many data centers<\/strong> to manage LLM data calculations with enormous investments in LLMs and generative AI associated with the possibility of a financial bubble<\/strong>
\u2013 The rise of Physical AI<\/strong>
and always:
\u2013 Transformers-based Large Language Models (LLMs)<\/strong> & Multimodal (text, audio & video) Gen AI Models take center stage, with Argentic AI (autonomous AI agent) & Autonomous Vehicles.
\u2013 Cyber Security<\/strong>
\u2013 Health Tech \/ Digital Health<\/strong>
and Quantum Computing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Methodology<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

We analyzed on stochastic samples the keywords mentioned at the beginning of the article (the fields of digital transformation) on Internet and Twitter between January 2025 and the end of November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This analysis was done using a home made NLP algorithm written by our team, mainly in Prolog<\/a> (yes, there are still people who use Prolog ;)). The main structure of the algorithm is a decision tree and so the AI here is \u201csymbolic\u201d because Prolog is a programming language based on mathematical logic. Thus it allows very simple queries to be made in natural \u201chuman\u201d language. This choice was made to obtain a high interpretability of the results obtained by the analysis. Here there are also humans in the loop (our team obviously in this case) to establish weights on the decision trees. Biases, as with any algorithm, are certainly present here but we tried to reduce them to a minimum, but always with our own bias, of course, and that’s totally intentional ;))<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning X (Twitter) & LinkedIn, we took into account the potential reach and the engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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