The State of AI in 2025: Power Struggles, Societal Shifts, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 1st, 00:00 CET
In 2025 Meta launched Meta Superintelligence Labs led by Alexandr Wang (ex-Scale AI CEO) and Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), aiming to reach artificial superintelligence, backed by a $29 billion investment in AI data centers and a 49% stake in Scale AI, even as the Llama 4 model underperformed. Apple is reportedly considering replacing its in-house Siri AI with third-party models from Anthropic or OpenAI to catch up with Gemini and ChatGPT, while seeking custom LLMs that run on Apple silicon with strong privacy protections, with no final decision yet. Microsoft unveiled the MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO), an AI system that