Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year.
We like to think there’s a lesson in every technological misadventure. But when technology becomes dependent on power, sometimes the takeaway is simpler: it would have been better to stay away.
Regrets—2025 had a few. Here are some of the more notable ones.
—Antonio Regalado
A brief history of Sam Altman’s hype
Each time you’ve heard a borderline outlandish idea of what AI will be capable…

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