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Top 10 Things Everyone Believed About AI in 2025 — That Aged Badly

Top 10 Things Everyone Believed About AI in 2025 — That Aged Badly

As of December 24, 2025, the public story about artificial intelligence (AI) looks different from the one that dominated the start of the year.

Over the past few days, three key themes have emerged: the physical impact of AI on the power grid, the security implications of "agentic" tools capable of browsing and acting, and the increasing expenses associated with unresolved data, copyright, and accountability regulations.

This piece breaks down ten widely held beliefs about AI in 2025 that did not survive contact with real-world deployment. It also explains what replaced them: new bottlenecks, new risks, and a more sober view of what “progress” actually means in 2026.

The story turns on whether AI can scale into daily life without breaking trust.

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