The Infinity Machine

When it comes to recounting the scientific challenges, Mallaby captures wonderfully the tension, the excitement and the joy

Tom Whipple, The Times

With unprecedented access, Mallaby had a front row seat... what results is a rich and clearly written account

Gideon Lichfield, Economist

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

Rory Stewart

Gripping, absolutely of the moment... I loved it because it's filled with really important ideas about how this wave of AI is changing our economy... but it's also got the element of a thriller

Robert Peston, The Rest is Money

Narrates this extraordinary saga, revealing deep truths about AI and showing how a determined man can shape history in unlikely ways

Gillian Tett, Financial Times

Mallaby, a longtime financial journalist, is a nimble storyteller, and his portrait of one of the single-minded personalities plunging the world into an uncertain future is also an engaging drama of discovery

New Yorker

A hugely acclaimed recent book…a lot of people are talking about

Amol Rajan, Today Programme

Fascinating

Fareed Zakaria, CNN

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 Elon Musk