Who did Time decide was the most influential person of 2025? – Cleveland.com
NEW YORK CITY, New York — Time magazine has named a collective rather than a person as its 2025 Person of the Year, selecting what it calls the “Architects of AI,” a group of innovators in artificial intelligence credited with reshaping global technology and society over the past 12 months.
The annual honor, established in 1927 to recognize the person or group that most influenced world events, marks a shift from traditional single-name choices to highlighting people behind change.
Time’s editors said 2025 was defined by advances in artificial intelligence, with breakthroughs in tools used across sectors such as medicine, education, defense and entertainment, but also rising concerns about ethics, employment and misinformation tied to AI’s rapid adoption.
Time’s Person of the Year is not always a single person, and the magazine has occasionally recognized groups rather than one person since first introducing the title. Previous collective selections include Ebola Fighters in 2014; The Silence Breakers in 2017; The Guardians in 2018: journalists targeted for their work; American Women in 1975; The Protester in 2011; and even choices such as You in 2006; The Computer in 1982; and The Endangered Earth in 1988.
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