A veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shadows the
top thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the
breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work.
Artificial Intelligence has been just
around the corner for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential.
But now, with the emergence and growing use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and a rapidly
multiplying number of other AI tools, many are wondering: Has AIs moment finally arrived?
In AI Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Gary Rivlin brings us deep into the world of AI development in Silicon Valley.
Over the course of more than a year, Rivlin closely follows founders and
venture capitalists trying to capitalize on this AI moment. That includes
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the legendary investor whom the Wall
Street Journal once called, the most
connected person in Silicon Valley.
Through Hoffman, Rivlin is granted access to a number of
companies on the cutting-edge of AI research, such as Inflection AI, the
company Hoffman cofounded in 2022, and OpenAI, the San Francisco-based startup
that sparked it all with its release at the end of that year of ChatGPT. In
addition to Hoffman, Rivlin introduces us to other AI experts, including OpenAI
cofounder Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, an early
AI startup that Google bought for $650 million in 2014. Rivlin also
brings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scrambling
to keep pace.
On this vast frontier, no one knows which of these companies
will hit it bigor which will flame out
spectacularly. In this riveting narrative marbled with familiar names such as
Musk, Zuckerberg, and Gates, Rivlin chronicles breakthroughs as they happen,
giving us a deep understanding of whats around
the corner in AI development. An adventure story full of drama and
unforgettable personalities, AI
Valley promises to be the definitive story for anyone seeking to
understand the latest phase of world-changing discoveries and the minds behind
them.
About the Author
Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning
investigative reporter who has been writing about technology since the
mid-1990s and the rise of the internet. He is the author of nine books,
including Saving Main Street and Katrina: After the
Flood. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek,
Fortune, GQ, and Wired, among other publications. He
is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New
York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy
Walker, and two sons.
