AI will continue improving rapidly, but real-world economic impacts will be modest. In 2024, the five main hyperscalers — Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — had $241 billion in capital expenditures. This year, those same companies are on track to spend more than $400 billion.

Meta says it’ll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta’s own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.

Manus has built one of the leading autonomous general-purpose agents that can independently execute complex tasks like market research, coding, and data analysis. We will continue to operate and sell the Manus service, as well as integrate it into our products.

The $20 billion Groq acquisition dwarfs Nvidia’s previous record with AI chip startup Groq in an all-cash deal. The deal excludes Groq’s cloud business but includes all chip assets. The company was founded by creators of Google’s tensor processing unit, or TPU, which competes with Nvidia for artificial intelligence workloads.

A new airline, Riyadh Air, is built around AI at every level, using it to support passengers, guide employees, and optimize routes, costs, and daily operations.

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As 2025 comes to a close, it’s only natural to look back on our biggest AI moments of the year. And what a year it’s been — we shared hundreds of AI announcements about products and features meant to make people’s lives easier in ways big and small. Take a look back at some of our biggest AI news this year (and check out our favorite AI tips we shared this year, too.)

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