This year has been a year of being lazy and lazy.
This year, Nvidia CEO jensen fan A few months after calling Trump a “uniquely American advantage,” Huang received an early Christmas present: permission to sell his company’s AI chips in China.
In a tone of even more chaotic flattery, Salesforce’s CEO said: marc benioff I pushed my left-handed friend away in search of National Guard He was supposed to come to San Francisco, only to change course a few days later.
Meanwhile, respected AI leaders Andrei Karpathy He threw cold water on the AI boom and called some enthusiasts “vile.”
Intense competition for the best underlying models has exhausted large AI labs. Then, Google’s much-hyped release of Gemini 3 put everyone else on the defensive.
“We are now at the forefront of an AI industry hungry for reliable power and high-quality semiconductors. But too many of our friends are hollowing out their industries on the one hand, chasing reliable power from their own countries on the other, and leaving the grid on the other. The future of AI will not be won by wringing our hands over safety. It will be won by building, from reliable power plants to manufacturing facilities that can produce the chips of the future.”
— Vice President JD Vanceon the need to ease AI regulations Paris AI Action SummitFebruary 11, 2025
“For some businesses and many customers, it will be an existential decision.”
— ryan petersenabout how President Trump’s tariffs will affect major retailers that rely on his logistics software. Strictly VC April 3, 2025 in San Francisco
“Today, the Church offers a treasure trove of social education to respond to new industrial revolutions and innovations in the field of artificial intelligence that challenge human dignity, justice and work.”
— Pope Leo XIV,in speech Two days after taking the oath of office, he addressed the cardinals. May 10, 2025
“I don’t think it existed. I think it was fiction to some extent.”
— Jackie Reeseon story At the Breaking the Bank Summit on May 20, 2025, the Biden administration said that it was actively “debanking” crypto-related institutions.
“Frankly, I was disappointed to see a huge spending bill that would not only reduce but increase the budget deficit and undermine the work of the DOGE team.”
— Elon MuskMay 27, 2025, on the Republican budget proposal that sparked a public break between him and President Trump.
“We’ve never seen user growth like ChatGPT, especially outside of the United States. This shows how the global dynamics of technology and distribution have changed.”
— Mary Meekerabout her discoveries Annual trend reportMay 30, 2025
“President Trump has a unique advantage that no other country has.”
— jensen fanPresident Trump’s support for the AI industry at the “Win the AI Race” Summit in Washington, DC, July 23, 2025
“I came away from this tour with a clear feeling that AI raises some of the same fundamental questions as nuclear weapons: How should AI be used? By whom? Under what rules? Only this time, we are creating technology that can be smarter than the humans we are designing it for.”
— Senator Elissa Slotkin (Dem-Michigan) busy September 5, 2025, to the New York Council on Foreign Relations
“Everything I do follows ChatGPT’s recommendations and I check with my doctor to make sure it’s safe. I always ask my doctor if he disagrees with me, and if he doesn’t agree with ChatGPT, I ask another doctor.”
— Vinod Khoslahow much he uses AI About Personal Health Decisions at the Deus Ex Medicina Summit in San Francisco on September 9, 2025
