"Too often, headlines, policies and public debates fixate on what AI might achieve in some distant future—utopian or dystopian. These deterministic views are not only disempowering; they are profoundly misleading. They obscure the fact that the future is being shaped now, by the choices we make today. The 2025 Human Development Report, A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI, reminds us that it is people—not machines—who determine which technologies thrive, how they are used and whom they serve." Read the full report online.