2025 AI Year in Review: Industry Breakthroughs and 2026 Stakes

2025 marked the transition from flashy demos to rigorous engineering routines. In this article, I summarize my personal results of the year, analyzing GPT-5.1, Claude 4.5, and local models, while exploring how our expectations for coding, video generation, and scientific research have evolved. I conclude with a pragmatic forecast for 2026.