Overview

• TIME’s third annual list features leaders such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Masayoshi Son, Mark Zuckerberg and EU policymaker Henna Virkkunen.
• Only 16 honorees are repeat selections, reflecting rapid turnover in who holds influence across AI.
• TIME reports investment in computer-processing equipment is growing nearly four times faster than GDP, with honoree Stuart Russell estimating planned AI spending could reach 25 times the Manhattan Project, inflation-adjusted.
• The worldwide cover image by Refik Anadol was produced using an AI trained on more than 5,000 past TIME covers.
• TIME will host the TIME100 Impact Dinner in San Francisco on Oct. 13 to convene list-makers, with PepsiCo as Premier Partner and Cognizant, General Catalyst and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. as Signature Partners.