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

Time has announced that the “architects of AI” are its Person of the Year. Certainly, AI is wrapping up an extraordinary year, and many AI business executives have become household names. But Time’s big annual event came on a lousy day for the industry.

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 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

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Karandeep Anand and Sriram Krishnan are recognized as Time's Persons of the Year 2025 for their influential roles in shaping artificial intelligence. Anand focuses on emotional AI through Character.AI,

Jimmy Kimmel ripped into Time Magazine's AI-focused "Person of the Year" cover, which he said looked like "photoshop from 2007."

Sean Gregory continues his streak of writing or co-writing all of TIME’s Athlete of the Year profiles since we created the category in 2019. He traveled to Las Vegas to witness A’ja Wilson at the Aces’ raucous victory parade and interviewed the MVP in New York City. Her cover portrait was taken by Kanya Iwana.