“This was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back or opting out,” Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote in an explanation of the choice.The magazine was deliberate in selecting people — the “individuals who imagined, designed, and built AI” — rather than the technology itself.But who are these individuals that digital painter Jason Seiler used to grace his rendition of the famous photograph? Here's a look: Musk’s deliberate efforts to mold Grok into a challenger of what he considers the tech industry’s “woke” orthodoxy on race, gender and politics has repeatedly got the chatbot into trouble.Popular ReadsTrump backtracks on releasing boat strike video, distances himself from controversyDec 9, 5:03 PMCharges upgraded to murder in hospital stabbing of San Francisco social workerDec 9, 9:23 PMTrump admin live updates: Trump pardons former entertainment exec indicted by own DOJDec 4, 6:23 AMThe AI scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate established London's DeepMind research lab in 2010 before Google acquired it four years later.DeepMind is responsible for Google's Gemni AI platform, which helped level the playing field against tech rivals who had initially pulled ahead in the AI race.
He most recently shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing AI systems that accurately predict protein folding — a breakthrough for medicine and drug discovery.Anthropic said it expects to make $5 billion in sales this year, but, like OpenAI and many other AI startups, it has never reported making a profit, relying instead on investors to back the high costs of developing AI technology for a potential payoff in the future.
