The Infinity Machine

In this deeply reported and profoundly insightful book, Sebastian Mallaby chronicles the brilliant Demis Hassabis and the company he cofounded ... a colourful and engrossing tale but also a sophisticated description of how AI developed

Walter Isaacson, author of <i> Elon Musk </i>

An extraordinary portrait of our age – beautifully written, clear-eyed and engaged in the deepest ethical questions of our day

Rory Stewart

Sebastian Mallaby has tunnelled deeply into one of the most influential artificial intelligence projects of our time. It's an entrancing and revealing journey … at once inspiring and terrifying

Steve Coll, author of <i> The Achilles Trap </i>

Captures the extraordinary drama of the high-stakes AI arms race ... a gripping story about ambition colliding with ethics at the frontier of machine intelligence

Chris Miller, author of <i> Chip War </i>

With his customary flair, Sebastian Mallaby relays the enchanting tale of how the British son of a Chinese Singaporean mother and Greek Cypriot father led google to pole position in the AI race and picked up a Nobel prize along the way

Michael Moritz, author of <i> Leading </i>

A truly revealing window into the biggest business phenomenon of our age … a quest for superhuman intelligence that already has far outraced the ideals and imaginings of its human creators

Margaret O’Mara, author of <i> The Code </i>

The Infinity Machine will teach you a lot about AI, and how human ability, vision, and tenacity remake the world

Andrew McAfee, author of <i> The Geek Way </i>