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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [TIME PR](https://time.com/author/time-pr/) ## TIME PR Aug 28, 2025 12:00 PM UTC  Photo-illustration by Refik Anadol for TIME by [TIME PR](https://time.com/author/time-pr/) ## TIME PR Aug 28, 2025 12:00 PM UTC Today, TIME reveals the third annual TIME100 AI list, recognizing the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. The 2025 TIME100 AI issue includes a worldwide cover, featuring a photo illustration by artist and list-maker **Refik Anadol**. For the cover, TIME provided Anadol with more than 5,000 past TIME covers, allowing his AI to reimagine what the cover would look like for the TIME100 AI issue. The resulting abstract visualization represents the AI “dreaming” about a century of TIME’s visual history, Anandol tells TIME. Read TIME’s interview with Anadol on the creative process [here](http://time.com/7312089/time100-ai-behind-the-cover-refik-anadol/). Published alongside the TIME100 AI are in-depth profiles and interviews with Cloudflare CEO **Matthew Prince**, Asteria Film Co. co-founder **Natasha Lyonne**, OpenAI Head of model behavior **Joanne Jang** and IASEAI co-founder **Stuart Russell**. \--See the complete 2025 TIME100 AI list: [time.com/time100ai](https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/) \--See the TIME100 AI cover featuring a photo illustration by Refik Anadol: [here](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/TIM250908%5FCover-AI%5FFINAL.jpg) To assemble the list, TIME’s editors and reporters spent months researching candidates for the list, including soliciting recommendations from industry leaders and dozens of expert sources. The result is a list of 100 leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers who are building our AI future. **Of the TIME100 AI list** **,** **TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs writes:** “We launched this list in 2023, in the wake of OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT, the moment many became aware of AI’s potential to compete with and exceed the capabilities of humans. Our aim was to show how the direction AI travels will be determined not by machines but by people—innovators, advocates, artists, and everyone with a stake in the future of this technology.” Read more [here](http://time.com/7312067/how-we-chose-time100-ai-2025/). See the full TIME100 AI list here: [time.com/time100ai](http://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/) ‘TIME100 IMPACT DINNER’ TO RECOGNIZE LEADERS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI**:** TIME will host the _TIME100 Impact Dinner: Leaders Shaping the Future of AI_ to spotlight leaders, innovators, and visionaries shaping the future of artificial intelligence, including those featured on the 2025 TIME100 AI list, on October 13th in San Francisco. The event will feature conversations exploring AI’s impact across industries and society with list-makers who are shaping the future of this transformative technology. The _TIME100 Impact Dinner: Leaders Shaping the Future of AI_ is presented by Premier Partner **PepsiCo** and Signature Partners **Cognizant**, **General Catalyst** and **Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.**. ### ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7312722/time-reveals-the-2025-time100-ai-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-people-in-artificial-intelligence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7312722/time-reveals-the-2025-time100-ai-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-people-in-artificial-intelligence/"},"headline":"TIME Reveals the 2025 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence","datePublished":"2025-08-28T12:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:10:38.565Z","description":"TIME Reveals the 2025 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence","url":"https://time.com/7312722/time-reveals-the-2025-time100-ai-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-people-in-artificial-intelligence/","keywords":["Press Room"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7d56831142fb4cf/6998c960a97fc06f8aa74a0e/time100-ai-how-we-chose-01-1.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME PR","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-pr/"}],"articleSection":"Press Room","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7d56831142fb4cf/6998c960a97fc06f8aa74a0e/time100-ai-how-we-chose-01-1.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"time100-ai-how-we-chose-01 (1)","caption":"","creditText":"Photo-illustration by Refik Anadol for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/press-room/","name":"Press Room"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/press-room/","name":"Press Room"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7312722/time-reveals-the-2025-time100-ai-list-of-the-worlds-most-influential-people-in-artificial-intelligence/","name":"TIME Reveals the 2025 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence"}}]}] ```