The AI Year That Broke EVERYTHING 💥 2025 Recap + 2026 Predictions 📱

2025 was the year AI went from "cool demo" to "this is how we work now." 🚀

In this year-end special, we are breaking down the biggest AI themes of 2025 and what's coming in 2026, from the rise of agentic AI to the reasoning model revolution, and a deep dive into the technical battle between traditional frameworks and next-gen approaches.

📊 WHAT WE COVER:

🔥 2025's BIGGEST THEMES:
Agentic AI went mainstream (95% of pros now use AI at work!)
Reasoning models defined the year - OpenAI, DeepSeek, Qwen, all competing
AI adoption exploded: 58% of small businesses are using GenAI (up from 23% in 2023)
The regulation wars heated up (states vs feds, safety vs innovation)
Enterprise AI market hit $37 BILLION

🔮 2026 PREDICTIONS:
AI agents become "digital coworkers" (Gartner: 40% of enterprise apps will use agents)
The AI bubble may "pop"; weaker players fold, stronger ones dominate
Critical thinking atrophy concerns force "AI-free" assessments
AI in science goes beyond answering questions to DOING experiments
Infrastructure becomes the new battleground (data centers, power, chips)

⚙️ TECH DEEP DIVE: ReAct + Self-Reflection vs GraphRAG
We break down two competing approaches to making AI smarter:
ReAct Framework: Think → Act → Observe loops with self-correction
GraphRAG: Knowledge graphs for structured retrieval and multi-hop reasoning
When to use which, and why the future might be hybrid approaches

Whether you're a developer, business leader, or just AI-curious, this episode gives you the complete picture of where we've been and where we're headed.

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📚 KEY SOURCES:
State of AI Report 2025: https://www.stateof.ai/
Gartner 2026 Predictions: https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/s...
Stanford HAI 2026 Outlook: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

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