Technology trends seen from the world's 100 most influential people

Demis Hassabis (left), and Elon Musk, one of the people who made breakthroughs in the technology field. Photo: NYT .

Last week, Time magazine released its list of the 100 most influential people in the world .

“No one knows what’s going to happen next,” said Sam Jacobs, editor-in-chief of Time magazine. So the criteria for choosing names is not only based on their real-life impact and personal stories, but also on the possibility of change and the present moment.

The tech figures on this list are mostly related to artificial intelligence, showing that the topic is really becoming a hot topic. Some young founders or people in the blockchain industry are no longer present, showing a shift away from the trends that once had appeal.

Mark Zuckerberg

Nominated by Drew Houston, CEO of Dropbox, who runs Meta, as well as the most used social networks today such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp has always had the courage to bet big on the future.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. Photo: Reuters.

He saw the potential of virtual reality early on. Today, his belief in open source AI, exemplified by Meta’s groundbreaking Llama models, has helped democratize innovation and make AI more accessible.

“What I admire most about Mark is his sheer determination,” Houston wrote. Mark never does anything by halves, from mastering mixed martial arts to running his company to getting home in time to put his three young daughters to bed.

Lisa Su

Becoming CEO of AMD in 2014, when the company was facing many difficulties, Lisa Su helped AMD significantly increase its market share of central processing units (CPUs) for personal computers. She also expanded the company's operations strongly in the fields of video games, data centers and embedded devices.

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD. Photo: Forbes.

Lisa Su led the development of the Zen chip architecture and the acquisition of chip maker Xilinx to strengthen AMD's chip stack. She positioned AMD's chips as a formidable competitor to Nvidia.

She is an extraordinary leader, with a practical and far-reaching vision, an electronics engineer with a technical background who has charted a bold path for AMD to transform and impact the world.

Demis Hassabis

Hassabis' work at DeepMind, particularly the development of AlphaFold, for which he co-won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has accelerated the pace of discovery in the fields of biology and medicine.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google Deepmind. Photo: Time.

Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who nominated him, said labs around the world, including her own, are using AI tools he developed to decipher rare genetic diseases, antibiotic resistance, and even agricultural challenges caused by climate change.

The future of biology will no longer be divided by discipline, but will be collaborative, interdisciplinary, and incredibly creative. And Demis Hassabis is taking us there faster.

Dario Amodei

As CEO of Anthropic, Amodei navigates the fine line between AI innovation and ethical responsibility. With a background in physics and a background in neuroscience, Amodei has a deep understanding of intelligence, an indispensable skill in the age of powerful AI.

Dario Amodei believes that AI should serve, not replace, humans. Photo: Time.

Amodei doesn’t just build advanced AI; he designs its “safety barriers.” His recent essay, “Machines of Loving Grace,” shows Amodei considering his role in holding great responsibility, as well as his belief that AI should serve the human quest, not the other way around.

“Amodei's approach is like that of a skilled bridge architect who thoroughly inspects every beam before allowing someone to cross,” says Ashton Kutcher, actor and co-founder of Sound Ventures.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk's rise has always been accompanied by periods of intense energy when facing new challenges.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk. Photo: Forbes.

In 2024, after spending nearly $290 million supporting Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, Musk turned his energies to dismantling the federal bureaucracy. Despite mounting public opposition, Trump praised the move.

It is thanks to that energy that Musk has achieved his greatest achievements, such as redefining the electric car industry with Tesla, acquiring Twitter, expanding into space with SpaceX, or developing Grok AI, one of the world's smartest models.

Liang Wenfeng

“It took a while for Silicon Valley to really understand what Liang Wenfeng had done. But then the market began to shake, America’s technological dominance was openly questioned, and Liang quickly became a global celebrity,” said Charlie Campbell, a reporter at Time.

His DeepSeek AI is comparable to giants like ChatGPT or Gemini, but costs much less to develop. That has caused Nvidia to lose $600 billion in market value, the largest drop in US stock market history for a single company.

Liang Wenfeng, the young CEO of DeepSeek. Photo: Times of India.

Choosing to focus on research and development rather than capitalizing on popularity, DeepSeek has surpassed ChatGPT to become the most downloaded app in the US, contributing to billions of dollars in added value to tech stocks in China and Hong Kong.

Rather than focusing on short-term profits, “we want to stay ahead of technology and contribute to pushing the entire ecosystem forward,” Liang, 40, told Chinese media.

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