Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025
Exclusive subscriber report details how top AI companies failed to deliver on major promises in 2025.
MIT Technology Review released a subscriber-exclusive eBook, 'The great AI hype correction of 2025,' authored by Will Douglas Heaven on December 15, 2025. The report serves as a reality check on the artificial intelligence industry, documenting how executives at leading AI firms—including OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), and Google (Gemini)—made ambitious claims about capabilities and timelines that ultimately fell short. The eBook is part of a larger 'Hype Correction' series examining the gap between AI marketing and practical reality. Key sections analyze why large language models (LLMs) aren't universal solutions, question whether the AI sector is in a bubble, and provide historical context showing that ChatGPT was neither the beginning nor the end of AI development.
- Report documents unfulfilled promises from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google executives in 2025
- Analyzes limitations of LLMs and why AI isn't a quick fix for all business problems
- Questions whether current AI investment represents a sustainable trend or a speculative bubble
Why It Matters
Forces tech leaders to separate AI marketing from practical implementation and manage stakeholder expectations.