Industry experts Sara Hooker and Craig Wiley discussed their 2025 GenAI predictions, framing them as a playbook for builders rather than a simple forecast. Wiley emphasized that real-world applications require more than basic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), highlighting the need for multi-component, agentic systems with robust evaluation infrastructure. He also noted that the maturity of AI teams can be gauged by their effective use of function calling for narrow, purpose-built capabilities. Hooker predicted a dual trend of models becoming both larger for multimodal tasks and smaller through optimization, advising builders to choose model sizes based on specific task requirements and the necessity of multimodality. AI
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