As we wrap up 2025, we're looking at the year's biggest winners: the people, companies, products and trends that made the most impact over the year. Almost at the top of the pile, of course, are the tech billionaires. According to a recent report by Oxfam, the 10 richest US billionaires (who are all tech leaders, save for Warren Buffet) increased their wealth by $698 billion in 2025. Some of that has been spent treating and lavishing donations on President Trump.
OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android. The app, which lets you create, share, and remix AI-generated videos, is now available on the Google Play Store in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to an announcement on Tuesday. OpenAI launched Sora on iOS in September, with the app accumulating more than 1 million downloads in the five days following its launch.
Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown and dumping shit from a "King Trump" jet on No Kings protesters. This is where we are as a country. pic.twitter.com/rnzUkJ4C4K - PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 19, 2025 Notably, ahead of the protest, Team Trump had already been throwing a fit, calling it the "hate America" rally: House Speaker it's why Mike Johnson it would attract an "antifa," "pro-Hamas" crowd of "Marxists"; Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) Tom. Emmer (R-Minn.) suggested it was organized by terrorists.
OpenAI's new Sora 2 video app is fun. It's delightful and silly and goofy and creative. I have genuinely loved making funny videos that use images of me and my friends. But read that last sentence again. The flip side of all this wonder is also the terrifying part. This is the first time I've felt AI get close to mimicking real life. In other words, you might have a hard time telling what's real and what's fake when you watch these Sora-made videos.
The way we see it, the real race for AI video hasn't begun. Our new identity, Mirage, reflects our expanded vision and commitment to redefining the video category, starting with short-form video, through frontier AI research and models, CEO Gaurav Misra told TechCrunch.
