TIME Magazine just made history by naming not one person, but eight of them, as its 2025 Person of the Year. The so-called 'Architects of AI'—Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li—have been collectively recognized for reshaping the AI race and, by extension, the entire trajectory of technology and global competition.
TIME Magazine just rewrote its own rulebook. Instead of choosing one person who shaped the news and world this year, the venerable publication chose eight—a landmark decision that speaks volumes about how AI has become the defining force of 2025.
The 'Architects of AI,' as TIME calls them, include the usual suspects reshaping Silicon Valley and beyond. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose chip empire powered the entire AI infrastructure boom. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who made generative AI a household concept. Elon Musk, forever the wild card, racing to develop AI while warning about its existential risks. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, pivoting his social empire toward AI at full speed. AMD's Lisa Su, the chipmaker fighting Nvidia for AI dominance. Dario Amodei at Anthropic, building what some see as a safer path to advanced AI. Demis Hassabis at , where cutting-edge research meets corporate scale. And at World Labs, bridging AI and human creativity.
