“Architects of AI” is Time’s Person of the Year

Dec 11, 2025

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explaining his business plan to a power loader operator.

AI, which is not a person and not even an accurate term to describe the software it refers to, is not Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. But the actual pick, “Architects of AI,“ is still good for a shudder. The squishy grammar (architects are person) is not without precedent,…

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