Supremacy

AI, ChatGPT and the Race that Will Change the World

By: Parmy Olson

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Paperback | 31 July 2025

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Winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award

The astonishing story of the people fighting to control the future of generative artificial intelligence – and, therefore, the future of humanity. From award-winning journalist Parmy Olson.

Two titans of Silicon Valley, Microsoft and Google, rushed to embrace artificial intelligence. Microsoft entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT. Google acquired DeepMind. Together, they now had the resources of the two leading AI companies in the world - and, with it, the potential for unlimited riches.

But what is the cost of this arms race?
Who will win out between Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) and Sam Altman (Open AI)?
And, as we outsource ever more to this technology, what will be left for humans to do?

Featuring a cast of larger-than-life characters, from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, Supremacy is a story of ambition, exploitation and secrecy, as gripping as any thriller.

With exclusive access to sources at the top of the industry, Supremacy is your essential guide to the history – and the future – of the greatest invention of our time.

'Astonishing' - Financial Times
'A compelling warning' - The Times
'A riveting tale . . . Olson is a compelling storyteller' - New Scientist

About the Author

Parmy Olson is a technology columnist with Bloomberg, covering artificial intelligence, social media and tech regulation. She has written about the evolution of AI since 2016, when she covered Silicon Valley for Forbes magazine, before becoming a technology reporter for The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of We Are Anonymous, a 2012 exposé of the eponymous hacker collective, and she was named by Business Insider as one of the Top 100 People in UK Tech in 2019. She has two honourable mentions in the SABEW Awards for Business Journalism for her reporting on Facebook and WhatsApp, and was named Digital Journalist of the Year 2023 by PRCA, the world’s largest public relations body.

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