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Person of the Year 2025: The Architects of AI
The Architects of AI drove the economy, shaped geopolitics, and changed the way we interact with the world.
by Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo
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Why the Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year
by Sam Jacobs
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The Story Behind TIME’s 2025 POY Covers
by D.W. Pine

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KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

Person of the Year Entertainment

What started as a passion project became a global phenomenon.

by Eliza Berman

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The Cover

TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2025

We stand at scenic overlooks and lift our lens to capture a post card view that, of course, looks better on a postcard. It’s not about gear, or the 10,000 hours. It’s simply that almost any photograph is improved by having people in it—a lesson TIME’s Top 100 Photographs of 2025 underscores in images that…

People

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The Architects of AI
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Jessica Chou for TIME
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Voices

Why Young People are Struggling to Communicate
- ByRachel Konrad
- Matt Abrahams
What Syria Achieved One Year Ago
- ByHassan Hassan
How to Actually Solve the Rwanda-DR Congo Conflict
- ByLiam Karr
- Yale Ford
The EPA Is Giving Polluters a Free Pass
- ByCynthia Palmer

The TIME100 Impact Awards

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AI

Tech

Spatial Intelligence Is AI’s Next Frontier
by Fei-Fei Li
We're Not Ready for AI's Risks
by Yoshua Bengio
How the U.S. Can Win the AI Race
by Eric Schmidt

Spatial Intelligence Is AI’s Next Frontier

by Fei-Fei Li

How the U.S. Can Win the AI Race

by Eric Schmidt

We're Not Ready for AI's Risks

by Yoshua Bengio

Ideas
AI Is the Next Industrial Revolution
by Geoffrey Hinton
Ideas
Tech
Teaching AI to See—and Shape—Reality
by Tharin Pillay
Tech
Ideas
AI Is the Next Industrial Revolution
by Geoffrey Hinton
Ideas
Tech
Teaching AI to See—and Shape—Reality
by Tharin Pillay
Tech
Tech
How AI Is Reshaping Diplomacy and Global Affairs
by Chad de Guzman
Tech
Tech
Why AI Makes Alexis Ohanian ‘Bullish’ About Live Entertainment
by Chad de Guzman
Tech

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Health

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Your Bedroom Probably Isn't Dark Enough
by Veronique Greenwood
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What to Know About Early Menopause
by Holly Burns
Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Image: Yevgen Romanenko—Getty Images)
How to Make Gift-Giving Less Stressful
by Angela Haupt

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Your Bedroom Probably Isn't Dark Enough

by Veronique Greenwood

Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Image: Yevgen Romanenko—Getty Images)

How to Make Gift-Giving Less Stressful

by Angela Haupt

Tatsiana Volkava—Getty Images

What to Know About Early Menopause

by Holly Burns

Health
The 4-Word Trick to Saying Goodbye
by Angela Haupt
Health
Health
Do Delayed-Release Caffeine Pills Work?
by Matt Fuchs
Health
Health
The 4-Word Trick to Saying Goodbye
by Angela Haupt
Health
Health
Do Delayed-Release Caffeine Pills Work?
by Matt Fuchs
Health
Health
RFK-Appointed Committee Votes to End Newborn Vaccine
by Alice Park
Health
Health
Child Mortality Is Likely on the Rise
by Alice Park
Health

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Climate

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The History—and Future—of Thanksgiving Storms
by Simmone Shah
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What Climate Change Means For Your Thanksgiving Dinner
by Simmone Shah
Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko / Getty Images)
Why War Is So Bad For Emissions
by Simmone Shah

US-WEATHER — (Photo by Jason Connolly / AFP)

The History—and Future—of Thanksgiving Storms

by Simmone Shah

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Why War Is So Bad For Emissions

by Simmone Shah

Rising global temperatures can impact cranberry production. — Darren McCollester—Getty Images

What Climate Change Means For Your Thanksgiving Dinner

by Simmone Shah

Climate
Amid the Ashes
by Justin Worland/Altadena, Calif.
Climate
Climate
Gavin Newsom’s Climate Warning for American Companies
by Justin Worland/Belem, Brazil
Climate
Climate
Amid the Ashes
by Justin Worland/Altadena, Calif.
Climate
Climate
Gavin Newsom’s Climate Warning for American Companies
by Justin Worland/Belem, Brazil
Climate
Climate
Ecuador's Constitution Protects Nature. Now That's at Risk
by Simmone Shah
Climate
Climate
Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Set to Hit Record High in 2025
by Simmone Shah
Climate

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Entertainment

The 10 Best Movie Performances of 2025
by Stephanie Zacharek
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Leonardo DiCaprio Talks Filmmaking With Martin Scorsese
by Charlotte Hu
Kristóf Galgóczi Németh—Roughcut/Paramount Global
'Little Disasters': TV Review
by Judy Berman

The 10 Best Movie Performances of 2025

by Stephanie Zacharek

Jo Joyner and Diane Kruger in "Little Disasters", 2025. — Kristóf Galgóczi Németh—Roughcut/Paramount Global

'Little Disasters': TV Review

by Judy Berman

2025 A Year In TIME Event — Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for TIME

Leonardo DiCaprio Talks Filmmaking With Martin Scorsese

by Charlotte Hu

Entertainment
The 10 Best Books of 2025
by Lucy Feldman
Entertainment
Entertainment
KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year
by Eliza Berman
Entertainment
Entertainment
The 10 Best Books of 2025
by Lucy Feldman
Entertainment
Entertainment
KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year
by Eliza Berman
Entertainment
Entertainment
Leonardo DiCaprio Is TIME's 2025 Entertainer of the Year
by Stephanie Zacharek / Los Angeles
Entertainment
Entertainment
The 10 Best Video Games of 2025
by Richard Newby
Entertainment

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