3 Common Misunderstandings About AI in 2025

Children and parked cars are color-coded on a monitor inside a Mercedes-Benz S-Class during an autonomous driving and AI demonstration in Immendingen, Germany on July 17, 2018. Children and parked cars are color-coded on a monitor inside a Mercedes-Benz S-Class during an autonomous driving and AI demonstration in Immendingen, Germany on July 17, 2018. In 2025, misconceptions about AI flourished as people struggled to make sense of the rapid development and adoption of the technology. Here are three popular ones to leave behind in the New Year. When GPT-5 was released in May, people wondered (not for the first time) if AI was hitting a wall.