In December 2025, TIME magazine named the “Architects of Artificial Intelligence (AI)” as its Person of the Year for 2025, recognising the individuals who designed, developed, and advanced modern AI technologies.
- What? TIME’s Person of the Year for 2025.
- Recipient: ‘Architects of AI’ (a group of individuals).
- Key Individuals: Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei and Fei-Fei Li
- Reason for Selection: AI’s mainstream adoption and rapid global impact in 2025
- Covers: AI-themed illustration and Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.
About TIME Person of the Year 2025
Transformative Year: 2025 emerged as the tipping point when AI entered the mainstream and began reshaping information systems, economies, geopolitics, science, and consumer technology.
Collective Recognition: TIME honored the “Architects of AI” as a collective in 2025, a year that marked AI’s transition from experimental use to broad consumer adoption.
Key Individuals Featured:
- Jensen Huang – Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nvidia Corporation
- Mark Zuckerberg – CEO, Meta Platforms
- Elon Musk – Founder, xAI; CEO, Tesla
- Sam Altman – CEO, OpenAI
- Lisa Su – CEO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Demis Hassabis – CEO, Google DeepMind
- Dario Amodei – CEO, Anthropic
- Fei-Fei Li – AI pioneer; Founder, World Labs
Iconic Covers: The 2025 TIME cover featured two designs, one depicting eight AI leaders in a “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” style, and another creatively integrating the letters “AI” into technological scaffolding.
Legacy of Honorees: Since 1927, TIME’s Person of the Year has recognized influential figures and groups, including Donald Trump (2024), Taylor Swift (2023).
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