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GPT-5 Launched Free to 200M Users in August 2025
OpenAI released GPT-5 for free to 200 million users, marking a major accessibility shift in AI. This boosted reasoning accuracy from 5% to 87.5% in one year.
It intensified competition with rivals like Grok and Gemini.
Grok's Explosive Growth with DeepSearch and X Integration
xAI's Grok 3 emphasized reasoning and knowledge, outperforming Grok 2 across benchmarks. DeepSearch enabled reasoning-driven web interactions, enhancing real-world utility.
Grok added image generation and multimodal chats on X.
Google Gemini Achieves Gold Medal in Advanced Research
Gemini Deepthink model secured a gold medal in competitions, pushing research boundaries. Gemini 3 Pro excelled in multimodal tasks and image generation like Nano Banana.
DeepMind leads with resources toward AGI.
DeepSeek R1 Revolutionizes Open-Source Reasoning AI
China's DeepSeek R1 rivaled ChatGPT at fraction of cost, sparking open-source revolution. It forced OpenAI to free o-series models and delivered IMO gold-level results.
DeepSeek V3.2-Speciale excels in math olympiads.
$200B+ Invested in AI Infrastructure in 2025
Record $200 billion committed to AI infrastructure amid arms race. OpenAI signed $3.8B AWS deal, ending Microsoft exclusivity; Microsoft/Nvidia invested $15B in Anthropic.
This fuels 2026 agent deployments.
OpenAI's Tool-Using GPTs and Autonomous Agents Emerge
OpenAI's responses API integrated tools via GPTs for autonomous work. 2025 saw agents from xAI's DeepSearch and Google's coding agents as next frontier.
Reasoning jumped, enabling real-world productivity.
Multimodal AI Becomes Standard Across Models
GPT-5.2 improved image understanding; Grok added generation and avatars. Gemini dominated multimodality; all major models went fully multimodal.
This sets stage for physical AI in 2026.
DeepMind's AlphaFold2 Wins Nobel for Neurosymbolic AI
AlphaFold2, blending neural nets and symbolic AI, predicted protein structures, earning 2024 Chemistry Nobel. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper recognized; advances medical AI.
Google DeepMind leads labs.
AI Agents Predicted for 40% of Enterprise Apps by 2026
2026 forecast: 40% enterprise apps embed AI agents; humanoid robots deploy. Domain-specific models replace general AI; new 'Agent Operations' roles emerge.
Builds on 2025 agentic misfires and successes.
Moonshot AI Gains Traction with Cost-Efficient Models
Moonshot's Kimi models improve agentic capabilities using Muon optimizer for 2x training efficiency. Fully open-source, challenging US labs in global race.
Rapidly emerging contender.
Apple Lags in AI Race; Google, Samsung Advance Mobile AI
Apple Intelligence revamp delayed to 2026, losing ground to Gemini. Google/Samsung push AI in mobiles; Gemini 3 Pro well-received.
OpenAI responds with December image model.
Amazon Alexa+ Nears Web Rollout; Microsoft Stuffs Copilot Everywhere
Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+ may launch web version in US. Microsoft integrated Copilot into all products, exemplifying AI-everywhere trend.
AI pets like Casio Moflin appear.