Overview
- Time unveiled dual covers for the issue, including letters A and I clad in scaffolding and a steel‑beam tableau that echoes the 1932 photo Lunch atop a Skyscraper.
- The steel‑beam image features Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei and Fei‑Fei Li.
- Time’s coverage says AI is influencing people’s lives for better and for worse.
- The designation follows Time’s annual criterion, in place since 1927, recognizing whoever or whatever most influenced the year regardless of valence.
- AI was widely viewed as the favorite for 2025, and the choice aligns with past nonindividual honorees such as the personal computer in 1982 and group selections in 2017 and 2018.