253 | The AI milestones in 2025 and what it means for businesses, and the world in 2026

In this special end-of-year episode of the Leveraging AI podcast, Isar Meitis summarizes the key AI trends of 2025, including the rise of reasoning models, China's growing AI capabilities, and the intensification of agent development, highlighting the introduction of MCP, A2A protocols, and advancements in context window limitations. He also touches on real-time context awareness, multimodal models, continuous learning, and the integration of AI into both software and hardware, including robotics. Looking ahead to 2026, Isar predicts an agentic explosion, agent-to-agent interactions, and the expansion of AI's capabilities beyond coding, necessitating workforce and organizational changes. He also anticipates increased competition between the US and China, growing job displacement due to AI, and more political and legal battles surrounding AI's impact. Isar emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and structured training to prepare for the future of AI, encouraging listeners to become AI leaders within their organizations. He also briefly promotes his AI Business Transformation course and Workflow Automation course.