Architects of AI named Time Person of the Year

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Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Time magazine on Thursday named the architects of artificial intelligence as the 2025 Person of the Year.

While no one specific person was singled out by the magazine for the annual honor, the cover story for the edition featured interviews with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Baidu CEO Robin Li.

Time editor in chief Sam Jacobs, in a letter to readers about the selection, said no one had a greater impact on individuals than those who created AI.

"This was the year when artificial intelligence's full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back or opting out," he wrote.

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"For these reasons, we recognize a force that has dominated the year's headlines, for better or worse. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for wowing and worrying humanity, for transforming the present and transcending the possible, the architects of AI are Time's 2025 Person of the Year."

The Person of the Year edition of the magazine features two covers this year -- one depicting builders on scaffolding constructing the letters "AI" and another showing several tech leaders sitting on a steel beam above a cityscape, reminiscent of an iconic 1932 photo of construction workers eating lunch on a steel beam. The edition goes on sale beginning Dec. 19.

Time also named YouTube CEO Neal Mohan as CEO of the Year; Leonardo DiCaprio as Entertainer of the Year; A'ja Wilson as Athlete of the Year; and KPop Demon Hunters as Breakthrough of the Year.

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