I previously posted my collection of privacy magazine covers. Here’s my collection of magazine covers involving AI, the internet, and related digital technologies.
I collected more than 80 magazine covers from the 1950s to the present. I’m excited to share my collection with you. If you have any covers I’ve missed, please share them with me.
I’ll begin with a quick look, then I’ll include larger images later.
Also scroll down to the very end to see my favorite covers, including my top 3 and see if you agree with me.
1950-1959
Time, January 23, 1950
Time, March 28, 1955
Popular Electronics, December 1958
Time, February 23, 1959
1960-1969
Time, April 2, 1965
Newsweek, January 25, 1965
1970-1979
Byte, August 1976
Time, February 20, 1978
Mad, April 1978
Byte, April 1979
1980-1989
Byte, January 1980
Time, December 8, 1980
Byte, April 1981
Byte, June 1981
Byte, September 1981
Time, May 3, 1982
Byte, May 1983
Byte, January 1984
Byte, October 1984
Time, March 1, 1985
Mad, October 1985
Byte, January 1986
Omni, November 1987
Time, March 28, 1988
1990-1999
Mad, Summer 1991
The New Yorker, October 7, 1991
Time, February 8, 1993
Time, April 12, 1993
Time, July 25, 1994
Time, March 25, 1996
Time, February 3, 1997
Time, May 10, 1999
Mad, December 1999
2000-2009
Time, March 27, 2006
Scientific American, January 2007
The New York Times Magazine, July 29, 2007
The New Yorker, May 12, 2008
The New Yorker, May 12, 2008
The New Yorker, May 11, 2009
2010-2019
The New Yorker, November 12, 2010
The Economist, June 2, 2012
The Economist, March 29, 2014
Popular Science, November 2014
Newsweek, March 7, 2015
The Economist, May 9, 2015
Mad, February 29, 2016
The Economist, June 25, 2016
Newsweek, June 2, 2017
The New Yorker, October 23, 2017
The Economist, March 31, 2018
New York Times Magazine, November 18, 2018
The New Yorker, May 20, 2019
Stanford Magazine, July 2019
The New Yorker, September 30, 2019
Time, November 4, 2019
2020-present
The Economist, June 11-17, 2022
Time Special Edition 2023
The Economist, April 22-28, 2023
The New Yorker, April 24 & May 1, 2023
Maclean’s, October 12, 2023
This cover was AI generated.
Science, July 14, 2023
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2023
Time, August 14, 2023
Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 2023
The Humanist, Fall 2023
The New Yorker, November 20, 2023
The Economist, March 30 – April 5, 2024
Scientific American, April 2024
Popular Science, August 2, 2024
MIT Technology Review, May/June 2024
Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct 2024
Harvard Business Review, Jan-Feb 2025
Mad, February 2025
The New Yorker, February 17 & 24, 2025
Newsweek, March 4, 2025
MIT Technology Review, March/April 2025
MIT Technology Review, May/June 2025
Time, December 28, 2025
Scientific American, January 2026
Scientific American, March 2026
New Internationalist, Mar/Apr 2026
The New Yorker, April 13, 2026
The Best AI Magazine Cover of All Time
I thought it would be fun to rank my favorites, so here they are, including my nomination for the best. You’ll see that I like the funny ones, as well as ones that have something to say.
And now, my favorite, which features one of the best AI cartoons I’ve seen.
If you enjoyed these AI covers, you might also enjoy my privacy magazine cover collection.
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Daniel J. Solove is the Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the George Washington University Law School. He is the founder of TeachPrivacy, a company that provides workforce privacy, cybersecurity security, and AI training to companies and organizations around the world. He is the author of 10+ books and 100+ articles.
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