Kevin Roose's The AGI Chronicles: Inside the 150 People Who Built Modern AI

Tech journalist Kevin Roose discussed his new book The AGI Chronicles on The Every Podcast, drawing on interviews with 150 people to uncover a history largely hidden within AI labs and guarded by nondisclosure agreements. The book goes inside the labs where researchers train and test AI models at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, including behind-the-scenes details of Sam Altman's firing and reinstatement at OpenAI.