Hi Reddit! Were a team of tech journalists from MIT Technology Review, excited to answer all of your questions about emerging tech in 2025 and beyond. We are: Casey Crownhart, senior climate reporter Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Mat Honan, editor in chief James ODonnell, AI & hardware reporter Antonio Regalado, senior biomedicine editor We just published our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Every year, our reporters and editors look for promising technologies poised to have a real impact on the world. We consider dozens of advances across the fields of AI, biotech, computing, and climate. We cant see the future, but we expect these ten breakthroughs to affect our world in a big way, for decades to come. Here are the ten items on this years list: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory: A powerful new telescope will help astronomers study dark matter, explore the Milky Way, and untangle other cosmic unknowns. Generative AI search: Generative search promises to make finding what youre looking for simple and quick. It may signal the end of traditional search engines and the rise of personal AI assistants. Small language models: Cheaper and less power-hungry AI models can now stand with the heavyweights across a range of specific tasks. Cattle burping remedies: A food supplement that significantly reduces the amount of methane that cattle belch is now available in dozens of countries. Robotaxis: Driverless cars have completed years of beta testing, and they are now finally becoming available to the public. Cleaner jet fuel: New fuels made from used cooking oil, industrial waste, or even gasses in the air could help power planes without fossil fuels. Fast-learning robots: Were getting closer to general-purpose robots that could be dropped into new environments and tackle a variety of tasks on our behalf, almost instantly. Long-acting HIV prevention meds: A new drug could help us end AIDS once and for allif we can ensure access for those who need it. Green steel: Making steel is one of the largest industrial sources of carbon dioxide. The first industrial green-steel plant, which uses hydrogen made with renewable power is scheduled to begin operations next year in northern Sweden. Stem-cell therapies that work: Experimental transplants of lab-made cells seem to be helping treat two very different conditionsepilepsy and type 1 diabetes. Ask us anything! (Well be here responding to your questions this Friday, January 10 at 12 p.m. EST, but feel free to get 'em in early.) Proof pics here. submitted by /u/techreview [link] [comments]