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2025 was a big year in AI, the biggest yet. Yet, it won’t even be a fraction of the progress we’ll make in 2026, that’s just how the AI cycle moves.

Here’s 2025 in AI wrapped - the biggest developments in AI this year.

AI finally stepped out of the lab and into public life in 2025. From robotaxis hitting real roads to AI-engineered medical breakthroughs, this was the year ordinary people began interacting with AI in unexpected places - not just on screens.
Uber, Lyft partner with Baidu for UK robotaxi trials - driverless taxis go real world, real soon.
AI-crafted psoriasis pill succeeds in late-stage trials - AI helps design real medicine with real health impact.

By 2025, GenAI wasn’t nerd talk anymore - it was part of everyday life. Whether for personalized shopping or creative output, AI started moving from toy to tool for millions.
The Biggest AI Moments of 2025 - AI’s influence hits fashion, retail, and trillion-dollar headlines.
AI Stocks Face ‘Show Me’ Moment - as the hype cools, markets ask: does AI pay yet?

2025 was the year tech giants stopped flirting with AI and started betting the farm on it - new models, new hardware, and new funding moves that define the decade ahead.
Meta develops new AI image/video model codenamed ‘Mango’ - next-gen GenAI in the works.
Apple pivots Vision Pro to focus on AI glasses - even hardware firms are rewriting strategy around AI.

AI wasn’t just techie talk in 2025 - it changed how we get news, think about work, and live online. The world began grappling with AI’s social footprint.
How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society - AI reshapes newsrooms and audiences.
Reports show social media overtakes traditional news sources - AI and algorithms change how we consume the world.

AI’s boom created ripple effects everywhere - from booming restaurants in AI hubs to fresh debate about economic impact and workforce transformation.
AI boom fills SF restaurants like a tech boom redux - AI hiring isn’t just tech desks, it’s dinner reservations.
AI trends reshaping businesses and future predictions - what companies are planning for next year.

Here’s guide #4 - The AI tool landscape.

This one covers what’s out there and what you can use it for. There’s also a quick selection guide at the bottom.

This list is in no ways exhaustive, but these are some of the tools I’ve tested and now repeatedly use in my workflows, and a few others that are quite popular in the space.

For now these are newsletter exclusive. They’ll be up on the website soon.

Let’s get to something I’ve been thinking about for a while now.

We’re surrounded by AI that can do almost anything - but that doesn’t mean it should do everything.

This piece breaks down a simple framework for knowing when to lean on AI, and when your own thinking is still the highest-leverage move.

Hope you like this one - do leave me a like once you’re done reading it, helps me better understand what concepts stick and how to plan ahead.

That’s it for this week’s brew.

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