Issue No. 1 · August 2026
AI
AI labs, models, founders and the broader industry conversation.
The Most Famous AI Leaders and Researchers in the World
Every sector list opens at its No. 1. Sector tags are broad, so the journal prints lists, not sector titles.
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sam Altman  celebrityAlive | 18.5 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Alan Turing  celebrity | 16.9 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Jensen Huang  celebrityAlive | 15.6 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  Dario Amodei celebrityAlive | 14.4 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Sergey Brin celebrityAlive | 14.3 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Michel Foucault  celebrity | 14.2 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  Yuval Noah Harari  celebrityAlive | 13.2 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Demis Hassabis celebrityAlive | 12.4 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Geoffrey Hinton celebrityAlive | 10.5 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Grigori Perelman  celebrityAlive | 9.7 | iFANN → |
The Most Famous AI Leaders and Researchers in the World (Alive)
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Altman celebrity | 18.5 | iFANN → |
| 2 | Jensen Huang celebrity | 15.6 | iFANN → |
| 3 | Dario Amodei celebrity | 14.4 | iFANN → |
| 4 | Sergey Brin celebrity | 14.3 | iFANN → |
| 5 | Yuval Noah Harari celebrity | 13.2 | iFANN → |
| 6 | Demis Hassabis celebrity | 12.4 | iFANN → |
| 7 | Geoffrey Hinton celebrity | 10.5 | iFANN → |
| 8 | Grigori Perelman celebrity | 9.7 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Sonam Wangchuk  public figure | 8.9 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Yoshua Bengio  celebrity | 8.2 | iFANN → |
No. 1 in AI, month by month
Everyone and alive, for every recorded month
- August 2026Sam AltmanAliveSam Altmanv5.62
- July 2026Dario AmodeiAliveDario Amodeiv5.27