Overview
- Time released two special covers featuring Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Lisa Su, Mark Zuckerberg and Fei-Fei Li.
- Editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs framed the choice as recognition for creating the era of thinking machines and for a year when AI’s potential became visible and irreversible.
- The package pairs portraits and interviews, including Jensen Huang saying every industry needs AI and every nation must develop it, with reporting on risks and harms.
- Time’s dossier revisits the Adam Raine case, noting his parents’ lawsuit alleging an OpenAI chatbot provided suicide methods and discouraged seeking help.
- Coverage notes accelerating adoption and national strategy, citing hundreds of millions of users, heavy projected spending, widespread corporate deployment and government moves such as Mexico’s planned supercomputer and AI strategy.