TIME magazine has unveiled its 2026 list of the 100 Most Influential People in AI, with Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu among the 17 individuals featured on the US publication's latest cover. Other Chinese AI leaders on the list include Moonshot AI founder and CEO Yang Zhilin, Agibot founder and CEO Deng Taihua, and Zhipu AI CEO Zhang Peng. Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing and DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng, who made last year’s list, were not included this year.