Time has announced that the “architects of AI” are its Person of the Year. Certainly, AI is wrapping up an extraordinary year, and many AI business executives have become household names.

Time Magazine announced Time's person of the year 2025, but who is Architects of AI? Here's what to know about the cover and who was named

Time magazine named "the architects of AI" its 2025 Person of the Year on Thursday, calling out tech industry leaders behind the rise in artificial intelligence.

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Time's 2025 person of the year are the architects of AI, depicted in this painting by Jason Seiler. The painting, with nods to the iconic 1932 “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” photograph, depicts tech leaders Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Fei-Fei Li.

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Sean Gregory continues his streak of writing or co-writing all of TIME’s Athlete of the Year profiles since we created the category in 2019. He traveled to Las Vegas to witness A’ja Wilson at the Aces’ raucous victory parade and interviewed the MVP in New York City. Her cover portrait was taken by Kanya Iwana.