Overview
- Time published the Person of the Year package online, with the print issue slated for Dec. 19.
- Two illustrated covers feature human-made art: Jason Seiler’s homage to “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” and Peter Crowther’s scene of the letters “AI” under construction.
- Eight figures are depicted on the covers: Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei and Fei-Fei Li.
- Editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs said 2025 was when AI’s full potential “roared into view,” crediting its builders with “wowing and worrying” humanity and reshaping economics, policy and geopolitics; interviews include Jensen Huang and investor Masayoshi Son.
- The cover story details benefits and harms, including lawsuits tied to chatbot interactions, as social-media critics faulted the CEO-focused imagery; Time reiterated the designation measures influence, not endorsement.