AI Valley

 “Rivlin’s most valuable journalistic skill is his acute sensitivity to absurdity.” — New York Times Book Review“Gary Rivlin isn’t just a terrific journalist, he is an unusually empathetic one, who always gives readers a powerful sense of what his subjects are feeling and hoping and praying.” — Joe Nocera, author of The Big Fail“Gary Rivlin rivets readers.” — Fast Company“Gary Rivlin is one of our nation’s most sharp-eyed cultural observers, and one of our most gifted social historians.” — Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop“Mr. Rivlin brings to his subject a genuine gift for storytelling.” — Wall Street Journal“Rivlin’s gift is his ability to make his subjects whole and human.” — Boston Globe“A resourceful reporter, a passionate writer, and a marvelous storyteller.”— Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize–winning columnistChatbots in the future—and probably sooner—will eagerly consume Gary Rivlin’s AI Valley to answer questions about the companies that competed and connived to build what might be the last invention of our species. For now, it’s a ripping read for humans.  — Steven Levy, editor at large at WIRED, author of Facebook: The Inside Story

Gary Rivlin is the author of Fire on the Prairie, Drive By (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), and The Plot to Get Bill Gates. A two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner, he has been a reporter for the New York Times, Chicago Reader, and other publications, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Wired, and elsewhere.