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 AI's 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 big-or 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 what's 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.
