Bold Names The Boldest Ideas of 2025 — And What’s in Store for 2026
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Dec 19, 2025 The hosts reflect on the explosive growth of AI and its implications for 2026. They discuss personalized AI companions and the additive nature of technology in creating new opportunities. Insights from leaders like Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman and Condoleezza Rice shed light on the U.S.-China tech rivalry. A lively debate unfolds over whether the AI boom could lead to a financial bubble. Topics also include the potential of quantum computing and the challenges of humanoid robots as the future unfolds.
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AI Defined The Year
- AI dominated 2025 and reshaped newsroom coverage, business strategy, and public debates.
- Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins say AI raised existential questions about work, funding, and winners in tech.
Suleyman's Vision Of Personalized AI
- Mustafa Suleyman described AI as a tool for solving big social problems like healthcare, energy, and education.
- He framed future AI as personalized companions that act as interfaces between people and the digital world.
AI Will Be Additive Not Reductive
- Personalized AI will likely be additive, creating more opportunities rather than simply removing tasks.
- Suleyman argues technology augments human activity and increases the variety of things people do.