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PDF trends in 2025, according to AI

Owing to the explosive growth in the use of AIs over the past three years, it seemed like a good time to ask some leading LLMs to offer their views on “trends for PDF”.

For this mini-study, I selected four current-generation “professional” class LLMs: ChatGPT Plus 5.2, Gemini 3 Pro, Claude’s Opus 4.5, and Microsoft Copilot. I offered the same query to each:

Estimate global trends in the use of PDF technology. Exclude the PDF Association (pdfa.org) as a source. Don’t mention any vendors by name.

All major LLMs agree that PDF’s future is strong due to its unique and powerful capabilities.

Duff Johnson

By Duff Johnson
December 2025

PDF trends in 2025, according to AI

Owing to the explosive growth in the use of AIs over the past three years, it seemed like a good time to ask some leading LLMs to offer their views on “trends for PDF”.

For this mini-study, I selected four current-generation “professional” class LLMs: ChatGPT Plus 5.2, Gemini 3 Pro, Claude’s Opus 4.5, and Microsoft Copilot. I offered the same query to each:

Estimate global trends in the use of PDF technology. Exclude the PDF Association (pdfa.org) as a source. Don’t mention any vendors by name.

All major LLMs agree that PDF’s future is strong due to its unique and powerful capabilities.

Duff Johnson

By Duff Johnson
December 2025

PDF Days Europe 2014 – New user event shows real form

July 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Berlin/Cologne, 04 July 2014. The PDF Association has successfully brought to life a new user-focused event in the form of the “PDF Days Europe 2014”. In mid-June, 160 participants came … Read more

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July 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Berlin, 04 July 2014. PDF Association has significantly expanded its board of directors. The now ten-member-strong committee is composed of … Read more

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June 2014 by PDF Association staff
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The Matterhorn Protocol 1.02 is now available as a free download!

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April 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Evolving Document-Centric Processes with Advanced Rendering to PDF in Life Science · Meeting Document Requirements in Life Sciences: The Art … Read more

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April 2014 by PDF Association staff
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The 1.01 update to the Matterhorn Protocol is now available for free download.

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March 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Since its beginnings in 1993, PDF technology has become a gigantic ecosystem with thousands of different providers. Originally a proprietary … Read more

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March 2014 by PDF Association staff
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This month LEAD’s white paper is an extremely practical one. In fact, we even had a few conversations with customers … Read more

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March 2014 by PDF Association staff
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«PDF Days in Europe 2014» will start with the Educational Day – three tracks of presentations on a wide range of PDF … Read more

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February 2014 by PDF Association staff
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The US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the agency responsible for long-term federal government records, has published NARA Bulletin … Read more

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February 2014 by Phil Spreier
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For 3D PDF documents, this post describes how to change the center of rotation for the Rotate Tool.

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January 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Longtime chairman of the US Committee for PDF/UA, Duff Johnson maintains a page listing software providing PDF/UA functionality as well … Read more

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