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2025 State of AI in Review

24 December 2025 56:41 Massive Studios

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Aaron and Brian review the Year in AI, hand out AI awards, and discuss the biggest AI trends from 2025. Maybe a few predictions will be made as well.

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2025 AI YEAR IN REVIEW

  • The Year of OpenAI
  • The Year of NVIDIA
  • The Year of Microsoft
  • The Year of Google
  • The Year of Oracle
  • The Year of China AI
  • The Year of Apple
  • The Year of Coding Agents (Anthropic, Cursor, Windsurf, CLIs, etc..)
  • The Year of Data Centers
  • AI Highlights and Lowlights (Corporate Layoffs, Acquihires, Funding, etc..)
  • 2026 AI Draft

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