AI's rhythm in 2025 is no longer set solely by new models or flashy demos: it is set by infrastructure , policy , and operationalization . Today's stories - from a NASA/IBM scientific foundation model for heliophysics to a geopolitically sensitive new NVIDIA Blackwell chip tailored for China from grassroots developer contests for STM32 edge AI to region-wide governance via SAARC and a practical, citizen-facing AI rollout in Ukraine - together map the three dominant forces now reshaping the field:
Domain-specialized foundation models that democratize high-impact science and resilience e.g., space weather forecasting.
Hardware geopolitics and product segmentation as vendors design chip SKUs to comply with export controls while protecting markets.
