A leak circulating online claims that TIME’s upcoming “Person of the Year” title will instead go to a collective: the “AI Architects.” According to the report, the magazine plans to highlight eight figures seen as the most influential forces shaping global artificial intelligence. The alleged cover includes Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei and Fei-Fei Li.
If accurate, the choice would reflect how deeply AI now permeates global business, politics and culture. Each of the named leaders has been central to breakthroughs in model development, semiconductor advancements, robotics and responsible AI research. Together, they represent the competing visions driving the current technological race.
The leak has already sparked debate over whether honoring an entire group symbolizes the scale of AI’s impact or underscores concerns about concentrated power among a few industry architects. TIME has not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked cover.
