MIT in the media: 2025 in review

December 22, 2025

MIT News reports that MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and efforts to tackle pressing challenges .

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AI Minted More Than 50 New Billionaires In 2025

By Alicia Park, December 25, 2025

Record activity in the AI sector this year has boosted dozens of founders and business executives into the billionaire ranks .

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US stocks rose again in 2025 after turbulence

Associated Press, December 23, 2025

This was a scary good year for investors – the U.S. stock market plunged to historic lows on worries over tariffs, interest rates, and an AI bubble, but ended the year higher .

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“Robot, make me a chair”

December 16, 2025

MIT reports an AI-driven system that lets users design and build simple objects by describing them with words .

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Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

Associated Press, December 11, 2025

President Trump signed an executive order preempting states from imposing their own AI regulations, centralizing AI oversight at the federal level .

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