Time names ‘Architects of AI’ Person of the Year 2025: What it means for tech

Time magazine announced that the “Architects of AI” are the Person of the Year for 2025 on Thursday. The magazine said 2025 was the year when AI’s potential “roared into view” with no turning back.

Time explained its choice by saying: “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 magazine said in a social media post, as cited by AP.

Prediction markets showed AI was a top contender for the title. Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Sam Altman of OpenAI were also strong contenders in prediction markets. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope who was elected after Pope Francis’ death this year, was also considered.


Other names in consideration included President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

AI Person of the Year contenders

Time had named Donald Trump the 2024 Person of the Year after he won his second run for the White House as stated in the report by AP. Taylor Swift was the 2023 Person of the Year before Trump. Time’s Person of the Year tradition started in 1927, and the magazine picks the person who shaped the news the most in the past year.

FAQs

Q1. Who is Time’s Person of the Year 2025?

Time named the “Architects of AI” as the 2025 Person of the Year for their major impact on technology and global news.

Q2. Why was Nvidia’s Jensen Huang mentioned in the story?

Jensen Huang was highlighted because Nvidia leads the AI chip boom and he was a top contender for Person of the Year.