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Although AI lost out this year, if it ever delivers on the promises its creators keep making, who knows, it might take the title next time. If it achieves the god-like status that the most AGI-pilled accelerationists insist is coming, it could be crowned the last “Person of the Year” ever.

Time magazine has unveiled its 2025 Person of the Year: The architects of artificial intelligence. The magazine has bestowed its Person of the Year title annually since 1927, though it was formally called Man of the Year (or Woman of the Year) until 1999.

Time's Person of the Year 2025 is not one individual. Here's what the magazine chose and why.

“We recognize a force that has dominated the year’s headlines, for better or for worse,” editor in chief Sam Jacobs writes in explaining the magazine’s choice.

Several social media users reminded frustrated critics that the annual title has never been an endorsement of its recipient.

Time Magazine announced Time's person of the year 2025, but who is Architects of AI? Here's what to know about the cover and who was named