Khaberni - The American "Time" magazine announced the selection of "AI Engineers" (Architects of AI) as the Personality of the Year, a step that reflects the transformation brought about by AI technologies during the year and the scientific, economic, and ethical shifts it has caused.
The announcement was made via a post on the X platform, garnering more than 512,000 views, alongside 1993 likes and 686 reposts by the time the news was published.
The post described 2025 as the moment when "the full potential of artificial intelligence was clearly manifested, and it became certain that there was no going back". According to "Time", the honor was in recognition of those who "ushered in the era of thinking machines, and both amazed and alarmed humanity at the same time, contributing to reshaping the present and expanding the boundaries of the possible".
The magazine published two adjacent covers; the first displays a massive structure of the "AI" logo, appearing as a skeleton under construction and surrounded by scaffolding, indicating the ongoing construction phase of the technical infrastructure. The second includes a group of the world's most prominent AI leaders, sitting on the edge of a high building in New York under foggy conditions. The image includes Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, Larry Ellison, and others who have shaped the AI landscape in recent years.
The cover bears the date of December 29, 2025, following a tradition the magazine maintains to feature the Personality of the Year at the end of each year.
The selection sparked widespread discussion, with some considering it a well-deserved celebration of the leaders of the technological revolution, while others saw it as granting undue legitimacy to the authority of big tech companies and overlooking concerns related to privacy and monopolization, criticisms that have been repeated during the year within academic and rights circles.
