"In November 2022, a web page was posted online with a simple text box. ChatGPT was unlike any technology people had used before. It seemed more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. But it was born out of an intense rivalry. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige at the world's two leading AI firms, OpenAI and DeepMind, have remained elusive--until now. In Supremacy, Parmy Olson, a technology columnist at Bloomberg, tells the astonishing story of how these companies grappled to use their AI for good as they served two tech giants whose power was unprecedented in history. At the center of it all were two CEOs who cultivated an almost religious devotion to their mission to build godlike, superintelligent machines: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind. Supremacy sharply alerts readers to the real threat of artificial intelligence that many of its top creators are ignoring: the profit-driven spread of flawed and biased technology into industries, education, media, and more. With exclusive access to a network of high-ranking sources, Parmy Olson uses her more than thirteen years of experience covering technology to bring to light the exploitation of the greatest invention in human history, and how it will impact us all"-- Provided by publisher.
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