Time Unveils the Top Inventions of 2025: OpenAI Misses Out, Domestic Products Rule the List - 36氪

Time magazine announced its "Best Inventions of 2025" list featuring 300 notable innovations, with artificial intelligence dominating across multiple categories from domestic AI models to healthcare applications.

The comprehensive list showcases how AI technology is transitioning from specialized tools to everyday applications that reshape daily life. Featured innovations span nearly 40 categories including robotics for household chores, real-time translation devices, desktop AI supercomputers, and intelligent healthcare solutions. These inventions demonstrate AI's growing accessibility and integration into routine activities.

• DeepSeek R1 emerged as a breakthrough low-cost open-source language model that rivals OpenAI's performance while requiring only $6 million in training costs
• Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic captured significant enterprise developer market share with extended context windows handling up to 75,000 lines of code
• Google DeepMind Genie 3 creates interactive virtual worlds for education and AI training, while Nvidia DGX Spark brings petaflops of AI computing power to desktop devices
• Healthcare innovations like Outcomes4Me translate complex medical data into accessible care pathways, representing the largest category with over 46 inventions focused on wellness applications