Pundits and commentators make predictions for the coming year every year. The following are my test automation predictions.

1. Stand-Alone QA Faces Challenges of Dev Teams With Integrated Quality Engineering
2. Development Teams Will Own Core Test Automation
3. Primary Test Automation Moves to Build
4. Speed + Coverage as the Driving Test Metric
5. AI Assists in Selecting Tests to Ensure Coverage
6. Visual AI Page Checks Grows 10x
7. Visual Tests on Every Check-In
8. Visual Tests Run With Unit Tests
9. The Gap Between Automation Haves and Have-Nots Will Grow

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