This is Polymarket's prediction for Time's "Person" of the Year
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Though President Trump was named Time Magazine's "2024 Person of the Year," something — rather than someone — may be in the running for the title this year: Artificial Intelligence.
The big picture: Time's Person of the Year issue has been published for nearly a century, but Polymarket predicts this could be only the second time a non-human wins the designation — edging out contenders like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Pope Leo XIV and Trump.
- The computer was selected as Person of the Year in 1982 in recognition of how technology was rapidly transforming society.
- AI's popularity has skyrocketed in 2025, with ChatGPT and Google AI's Gemini emerging as the two fastest-growing.
By the numbers: AI currently holds a 39% chance of taking the title, while Huang, the next most likely, trails at 27%, according to Polymarket.
- The Pope sits at 11%, and the president has a slim 7% chance.
- Other unlikely competitors include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The other side: Over the next decade, artificial intelligence and automation could replace nearly 100 million jobs in the U.S., an October Senate Democrat report revealed.
- Half of all Americans, a higher share than in most major countries, said they are more concerned with AI than excited about it, per a Pew Research Center survey from October.
Of note: Time Magazine struck a multiyear content licensing deal and strategic partnership with OpenAI in 2024, giving the AI giant access to more than a century of the publication's archives to help train its language models and answer questions in real time.
State of play: The magazine says the winner is based on who impacted the news and people's lives for "good or ill" and "for better or for worse."
- Time typically crowns its Person of the Year in December, though the exact date has not been announced.
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