2025 didn’t just advance AI — it reshaped how we live, work, and understand ourselves.
In this episode of The AI Transition Podcast, Stephen and Lauren count down the five defining AI moments of 2025, focusing not on the tech hype, but on the human consequences: identity, power, mental health, creativity, and work.
This was the year AI stopped being “the future” and became deeply personal.
🔻 The Top 5 AI Moments of 2025 (Countdown)
01:48 (5) AI & Mental Health 🧠
Why 46% of people contacting helplines are turning to AI before a human — and what this reveals about trust, stigma, and access to care.
07:29 (4) The Nano Banana Creative Explosion 🎨
How tools like Nano Banana turned students, parents, and retirees into creators overnight, collapsing the gap between amateur and professional.
10:24 (3) Copilot Becomes the New Normal 💼
Why CoPilot is now as common as search bars at work — and the quiet concerns emerging around surveillance, productivity pressure, and control.
18:00 (2) Google Catches OpenAI ⚔️
How Google Gemini closing the gap ended the “one-winner” narrative and pushed us into a multi-pronged AI arms race.
22:00 (1) DeepSeek & the Open-Source Shockwave 🌍
Why DeepSeek’s rise marks a global power shift — and the moment AI stopped being a US-only game.
We explore these moments through the lens of transition — the endings, the messy middle, and the new beginnings we’re all living through right now.
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