Books by Parmy Olson
“She’s a Bloomberg columnist. In her columns, she has written about the subject of this book, which is the battle between Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, now part of Google, and Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, which is strongly allied with Microsoft. It’s about their rivalry to find a way to apply generative AI—and AI more generally—in a world-changing way. Her line is that Altman and Hassabis had a vision of a world-altering technology, and the ability to bring it into being, but that they have been corralled by corporate interests so that it’s become a commercial product.” Read more...
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
Andrew Hill, Journalist
Interviews where books by Parmy Olson were recommended
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
by Yuval Noah Harari
The Best AI Books in 2025, recommended by ChatGPT
The Best AI Books in 2025, recommended by ChatGPT
It’s January and time for our annual interview with an AI chatbot. We asked ChatGPT for its latest recommendations for books on artificial intelligence.
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
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A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
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The Racket
by Conor Niland
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
10 Award-Winning Nonfiction Books of 2024
The nonfiction book prizes we cover at Five Books are a great way to keep up with books on important subjects that are written in an accessible and engaging way. We keep an eye on prizes in a range of nonfiction genres—including history, politics, business, science, sports and general nonfiction.
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrongfnew ec
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Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives
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Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
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Growth: A History and a Reckoning
by Daniel Susskind
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
From how to channel the tribal instincts innate to Homo sapiens to the role of Silicon Valley in the future of warfare, the Financial Times book award—now in its 20th year—has a broad definition of what makes a good business book. FT journalist Andrew Hill, the prize’s organizer, talks us through the six excellent books that made the 2024 shortlist.
