According to Forbes, 2025 was a historic year for billionaire wealth creation, adding over 340 new members to the club. Elon Musk’s fortune grew by $333 billion, and a wave of AI startups minted the youngest self-made billionaires ever, some as young as 22.
MiniMax has launched M2.1, a major update to its open-source AI model series. It’s built to handle complex, production-level coding across multiple languages and everyday office workflows, not just simple snippets.
A contributing editor at Sifted has published a year-end rant about the tech industry’s worst trends. He’s calling for less AI worship, fewer “unfinished” product launches, and an end to “INSANE” founder hype in 2026.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan states that artificial intelligence investments are beginning to have a tangible, positive impact on the U.S. economy. He forecasts strong growth and sees limited systemic risk from a potential AI sector pullback.
After a fire in 2019, archaeologists found 100 burials under Notre Dame. One, nicknamed “The Horseman,” has now been linked to the lost poet Joachim du Bellay, who died in 1560. The identification hinges on bone analysis and historical records, though one detail doesn’t quite match.
The AI hype in Silicon Valley is hitting a wall with actual customers. According to two CEOs, businesses want practical tools, not buzzwords, and they’re still keeping a human in the loop.
The Indie Game Awards 2025 faced major controversy, rescinding its Game of the Year and Best Debut awards from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after the developer admitted to using generative AI. A third award was also pulled due to the winner’s partnership with a company tied to military contractor And
SoftBank needs to find $22.5 billion to fulfill its funding commitment to OpenAI for the Stargate AI data center project. The company is selling stakes in companies like Nvidia and T-Mobile and may borrow against Arm to raise the cash. The deadline is the end of 2025.
A major global design charity is embracing AI tools to speed up prototyping and concept generation. Its leaders argue this will free up human designers to focus on empathy and creative strategy for complex challenges like climate action and public health.
According to a Fortune report, OpenAI’s internal compute margins have soared to 70% as of October, up from just 52% at the end of 2023. The company is aggressively pushing its paid business products to cover massive computing costs, but it still isn’t profitable overall.
