It would be his third, after being named in 2016 and 2024. Trump is certainly in the running. Time's Person of the Year is not a popularity contest, the Time annual cover is traditionally someone who dominated the year or caused the most cultural,

Although AI lost out this year, if it ever delivers on the promises its creators keep making, who knows, it might take the title next time. If it achieves the god-like status that the most AGI-pilled accelerationists insist is coming, it could be crowned the last “Person of the Year” ever.

Time announced exclusively on TODAY Dec. 11 that it has recognized AI’s seismic impact by naming the “Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year. The recognition reflects how the technology seemingly became inescapable this year in just about any aspect of American life, from its impact on education to fears of mass industry disruption.

The "Architects of AI" made the magazine’s top cover. What happens when one of their own creations reads the story?

Time magazine named the architects of artificial intelligence its "Person of the Year" on Thursday, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines with transformative technology.

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.