US EditionTime magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as its person of the year for 2025
Time recognized key AI leaders shaping society and economy as usage doubled to 10% globally in 2025, marking the shift of AI from promise to mainstream reality.
- On December 11, 2025, Time magazine named the `Architects of AI` its Person of the Year, selecting a group rather than an individual, with the issue now live on Time.com.
- Forrester analyst Thomas Husson argued 2025 marked a tipping point as AI moved into mainstream use, with ChatGPT usage more than doubled to 10, and Sam Jacobs wrote it was `the year when artificial intelligence's full potential roared into view`.
- Two illustrated covers depict AI builders like Jensen Huang, Nvidia, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, and Elon Musk, xAI/Tesla, created by Jason Seiler, digital painter, and Peter Crowther, illustrator and graphics animator.
- TIME noted that these leaders reshaped government policy, altered geopolitical rivalries, and accelerated AI adoption, while highlighting tensions over concentrated power among tech executives and concerns from workers and consumers.
- Physical copies will appear on Dec. 19, images leaked on Polymarket Wednesday, and Thomas Husson said next year promises more personal, embedded AI.
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epochtimes.deThe AI bosses had "taken over the helm of history and developed technologies that fundamentally changed the information landscape and human livelihoods," said Time.
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Since 1927, the US-American Time magazine has named the person of the year. This year, an entire collective was selected: the "architects" of artificial intelligence, which showed its full potential in 2025.[more]]>
Every year, the "Time" magazine selects the personality of the year in its last issue. In 2024, it was the then re-elected US President Donald Trump. This year, several people are selected who, according to the magazine, fundamentally change the human basis of life.
The American magazine chose eight prominent figures in the AI sector for the cover because they are ushering in a new technological era with their "groundbreaking work."
The »Person of the Year« is not just a person this year. The »Time Magazine« pays tribute to people who contribute to the development of artificial intelligence. Elon Musk and Sam Altman can be seen on the cover.
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