The State of AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Backlash, and the Battle for Trust / Updated: 2025, July 10th, 00:00 CET
In 2025, Nvidia became the first public company to surpass a $4 trillion market valuation, with its GPUs powering data centers for Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Microsoft reported over $500 million in annual AI-driven savings, with AI generating 35% of new product code and improving call-center efficiency. Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold is enabling rapid AI-designed drug discovery, with human trials imminent. The European Union’s AI Act bans manipulative algorithms, social scoring, and predictive policing to protect fundamental rights. Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot sparked global outrage for antisemitic and Nazi-themed content, triggering bans in Turkey and investigations in Poland and the