2025 in artificial intelligence
The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in artificial intelligence.
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Events
January
- January 13 - The UK Department of Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) publishes the AI Opportunities Action Plan for the UK.[1]
- January 20 – DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-R1, a large language model based on DeepSeek-V3 stating it achieves performance comparable to OpenAI-o1 in certain tasks. DeepSeek-R1 is open-source.[2]
- January 21 – The Stargate Project, a joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX, is formally announced by U.S. president Donald Trump.[3][4]
- January 27
- Nvidia's stock falls by as much as 17–18%, after the release of DeepSeek-R1.[5]
- DeepSeek-R1 surpasses ChatGPT as the most-downloaded free app on the iOS App Store in the United States.[6]
February
- February 2 – Andrej Karpathy coined the term vibe coding to describe how AI tools allow hobbyists to construct apps and websites, just by typing prompts.[7]
- February 3 – OpenAI releases ChatGPT Deep Research, an artificial intelligence system integrated into ChatGPT.[8]
- February 6 – Mistral AI releases Le Chat, an AI assistant able to answer up to 1,000 words per second.[9]
- February 10
May
- 20 May
- Google launches A.I. Mode, which will be a feature on their search engine, and uses the Gemini model.[12]
- Google DeepMind announces Veo 3, a new state-of-the-art video generation model.[13][14]
- 22 May – Anthropic releases Claude 4, with two models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. According to Anthropic, Claude 4 can function on its own for hours.[15]
August
- 5 August – xAI launches their image generator Grok Imagine, which has a 'spicy mode' that allows users to create NSFW content.[16]
- 8 August – OpenAI releases GPT-5. According to Sam Altman, "GPT-5 can provide PhD-level expertise",[17][18][19][20] but GPT-5 struggled with basic tasks such as spelling and geography,[17][18] cannot continuously learn, and scores lower than Grok-4 on Humanity's Last Exam.[17]
September
- 29 September – OpenAI introduces parental controls for ChatGPT, including notifications if a child talks about self-harm, screen-time limits, disabling voice mode, image generation and memories.[21]
November
- 24 November – Mission Genesis, an initiative by the United States federal government to accelerate artificial intelligence research, is signed by Donald Trump.[22]
December
- 13 December – Walt Disney announced a billion dollar investment in OpenAI and new partnership enabling Sora (OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform) to use over 200 Disney characters in its content.[23]
See also
References
- ^ "AI Opportunities Action Plan". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ^ "Release DeepSeek-R1 · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1@23807ce". GitHub. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle to invest $500 bln in AI, Trump says". Reuters. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Jacobs, Jennifer (January 21, 2025). "Trump announces up to $500 billion in private sector AI infrastructure investment - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Nazareth, Rita (26 January 2025). "Stock Rout Gets Ugly as Nvidia Extends Loss to 17%: Markets Wrap". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Metz, Cade (27 January 2025). "What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Taft, Darryl K. (2025-02-14). "Vibe Coding: Where Everyone Can 'Speak' Computer Programming". The New Stack. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ^ Shibu, Sherin (2025-02-03). "ChatGPT Can Now Complete a Major Task That Would Take a Human Up to 30 Days. Here's How it Works". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Dillet, Romain (6 February 2025). "Mistral releases its AI assistant on iOS and Android". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ "France is back in the AI race, Macron tells Paris summit". France 24. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Elon Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Control OpenAI". The New York Times. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Mickle, Tripp (2025-05-20). "Google Unveils 'A.I. Mode' Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ "Fuel your creativity with new generative media models and tools". Google. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Chow, Andrew R.; Perrigo, Billy (2025-06-03). "Google's New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud". Time. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ Field, Hayden (2025-05-22). "Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts its most powerful AI model yet, which can work for 7 hours straight". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
- ^ Parsons, Jeff (August 5, 2025). "Grok launches AI image generator with a NSFW 'spicy mode' — it's exactly what you'd expect". Tom's Guide. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- ^ a b c Rovatsos, Michael (August 8, 2025). "GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?". The Conversation. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Taylor, Josh (August 8, 2025). "OpenAI unveils ChatGPT-5 and its hyped 'PhD level' intelligence struggled with basic spelling and geography". The Guardian. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ Yang, Angela; Cui, Jasmine (August 8, 2025). "OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a 'team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket'". NBC News. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ Jamali, Lily; McMahon, Liv (August 8, 2025). "OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to 'PhD level'". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ Rogers, Reece (September 29, 2025). "OpenAI Adds Parental Safety Controls for Teen ChatGPT Users. Here's What to Expect". WIRED. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- ^ Perlo, Jared (November 25, 2025). "Trump signs executive order launching AI initiative being compared to the Manhattan Project". NBC News. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ "The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney's brands to Sora". openai.com. 2026-03-17. Retrieved 2026-03-23.