The year 2025 marks the end of a successful, intense, and very active year for the RHET AI Center. Before we turn our attention to the new ideas, encounters, and challenges that await us in 2026, we would like to take a look back at some of the highlights of the past year. However, instead of recapping everything in detail month by month, we want to keep this review of 2025 very personal—told by those who helped shape this year. Before we focus on the individual highlights of our team members, however, it is worth taking a brief look at a few milestones that had a particular impact on us in 2025. A key moment was the presentation of the policy paper containing the recommendations of the Citizens' Council on AI and Freedom to the