How Artificial Intelligence Redefined Power, Work, Policy, and Society in 2025
By the end of 2025, artificial intelligence was no longer a background technology quietly optimizing ads or recommending videos. It had become a defining force shaping economies, governments, workplaces, and even personal relationships. What once felt experimental or futuristic became deeply embedded in daily life—and not always comfortably. Billions of dollars flowed into AI infrastructure. Governments rewrote policy agendas around it. Corporations restructured workforces in its name. Meanwhile, concerns around mental health, safety, and trust intensified. The question was no longer whether AI would matter, but how deeply it would reshape society—and who would bear the cost of that transformation. … Read more