With Time Magazine naming Artificial Intelligence its ‘Person of the Year’ for 2025, we ask whether the past twelve months marked a genuine turning point for AI - not just in terms of technological capability, but in how it is being deployed, governed, and contested. We unpack what actually changed in 2025, who benefited most from those shifts, and what 2026 is likely to bring: from technological breakthroughs and economic consequences to political pushback and unresolved ethical dilemmas.

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<p>With Time Magazine naming Artificial Intelligence its ‘Person of the Year’ for 2025, we ask whether the past twelve months marked a genuine turning point for AI - not just in terms of technological capability, but in how it is being deployed, governed, and contested. We unpack what actually changed in 2025, who benefited most from those shifts, and what 2026 is likely to bring: from&nbsp;technological breakthroughs and economic consequences to political pushback and unresolved ethical dilemmas.<br><br>Image Credit: Shutterstock</p>

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