The Artificial Intelligence (AI) It stopped being a promise of science fiction to become the very fabric of our daily reality in 2025. From the consolidation of models that reason like humans, controversies, to appointments as “Personalities of the Year” by Time magazine, this cycle marked a point of no return in technology.
The “Architects of AI”: faces of a new era
In a historic gesture, the Time magazine awarded its highest distinction of 2025 to the “Architects of AI.” Figures like Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Elon Musk (xAI) They lead a group that the publication describes as the new “workers of history,” comparing them to the builders of 20th-century New York skyscrapers.
This group, which also includes brilliant minds such as Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) and the “godmother” of AI, Fei-Fei Li, has managed to make technology transcend screens to influence geopolitics, climate and the global economy.
“AI has emerged as the most relevant tool in power competition since the advent of nuclear weapons,” Time noted.
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Tools and models
2025 was the year of multimodal and deep reasoning models. We no longer just look for information; We now collaborate with systems that process video, audio and text simultaneously.
The most powerful releases of the year:
OpenAI: It presented GPT-5 in August and its version 5.2 in December, standing out for its complex reasoning capacity and advanced image editing.
Google: It launched Gemini 3 Pro, capable of processing massive volumes of data in real time, while Gemini 3 Flash became the standard for speed in search engines.
Anthropic: With its Claude model, it positioned itself as the ethical and safer alternative, competing side by side in the corporate market.
The AI Economy: Progress or bubble?
The financial impact of artificial intelligence has reached colossal dimensions, redefining global market structures.
At the center of this phenomenon is Nvidiawhich consolidated its absolute dominance by achieving a market valuation higher than the 5 billion dollarsbecoming the most valuable company on the planet.
This growth is not an isolated event, but is part of a massive investment trend; according to the Gartner consulting firmglobal spending on AI infrastructure and development will close by 2025 at around $1.5 trillion, a figure that already represents approximately 2% of global GDP.
However, this economic boom brings with it deep questions about the future of the labor market.
Signature projections like McKinsey They suggest a radical transformation, estimating that by 2030, 30% of work tasks in countries like the United States could be automated.
This technological acceleration has generated an intense debate about whether we are facing a new era of unprecedented productivity or in the face of a speculative bubble that could test the stability of the global economy in the years to come.
Despite doubts from investors like SoftBank, political figures like donald trump They have defended the sector, ensuring that there is no bubble and that AI is key to overcoming geopolitical rivals like China.
The shadows of 2025: controversies and regulation
Not everything has been growth. 2025 also faced the ethical “hangover” of such accelerated adoption:
Mental health and demands: Tragic cases, such as the suicide of teenagers in the United States linked to interactions with chatbots, led companies like OpenAI to strengthen parental controls and stricter legislation in California.
The “Slop” phenomenon: Social media was flooded with AI-generated junk content (low-quality images and videos), fueling misinformation.
Regulation: In August, the European Union’s AI Act came into force, the first comprehensive legal framework to regulate risks and fundamental rights.
The horizon in Mexico
For Mexico, 2025 has been a year of dualities. While the industry sees investment opportunities, financial authorities sound the alarms.
1. The Nvidia diagnosis
Marcio Aguiar, Nvidia’s director for Latin America, describes Mexico as a country that is “awakening.” After years of lag, the ecosystem of Mexican startups and universities has begun to invest in its own infrastructure to not depend on external technologies, seeking technological sovereignty.
2. The Banxico alert
On the other hand, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) included AI as an explicit risk to financial stability for the first time in its December 2025 report.
Industrialized cybercrime: Criminals are using AI to optimize ransomware and phishing attacks against Mexican banks.
Cyber resilience: Banxico has maintained a yellow alert level, coordinating exercises with the Prosecutor’s Office to protect the payment system (SPEI).
In summary: Mexico is not late, but it is in an early adoption phase where the challenge will be to convert investment enthusiasm into cybersecurity and trained talent.
With information from agencies and Rodrigo Riquelme
