O’Reilly 2025 Tech Trends: AI Skills Surge As Security Takes Center Stage

The 2025 O’Reilly Technology Trends Report highlights a surge in AI skills, particularly in prompt engineering, AI principles, and generative AI, as businesses integrate AI into their workflows. Cybersecurity has also emerged as a critical focus, with organizations adopting AI to streamline anomaly detection and automate repetitive tasks, while also recognizing the need for robust governance frameworks to mitigate AI-specific threats. Smaller, open-source AI models are gaining traction for their flexibility and cost-effectiveness, democratizing access to AI for businesses of all sizes.