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We’re a few weeks away from a new year, and Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. Yes, the biggest trend of 2024 will continue to dominate 2025. But there will be some new wrinkles over the next 12 months as well.
Companies will begin releasing more powerful AI models, while AI agents will gain prominence. The industry will also focus on bringing AI features to more consumers and work to make AI data centers more energy-efficient.
According to Ashley Llorens, corporate vice president and managing director at Microsoft (MSFT) Research, AI models will soon be able to handle far more complex tasks.
“What we’ve got now is we’ve got AI that can reason better, that can perceive the environment in more sophisticated ways,” Llorens told Yahoo Finance. “And so what that’s going to mean is that we’ll be able to delegate a more sophisticated set of tasks to the AI to complete on our behalf.”
That’s where AI agents come in. Think of agents as autonomous or semi-autonomous apps that can perform specific tasks for you. They’re more capable than the traditional chatbots like ChatGPT that you’re likely used to, but can still be controlled via natural language inputs.
