Hegemony. AI, ChatGPT, and the Race to Change the World. Parmy Olson

At the end of 2022, a webpage with a simple form for entering text appeared on the Internet. It was an artificial intelligence-based chatbot called ChatGPT — unlike any application that users had dealt with before. It seemed more human than a support operator and more convenient than a Google search, and could fulfill a wide variety of requests. The audience really liked the novelty: in the first week, the number of active users exceeded one million, and in two months — 100 million. But few of them knew then that the landmark release was preceded by a fierce struggle between two leading companies in the field of artificial intelligence — OpenAI and DeepMind. Journalist Parmi Olson, who is familiar with key participants in the global AI race, tells the stunning story of the confrontation between two giants in the field of artificial intelligence - from the early days to the present day, about the challenges they face and the solutions that can work for the benefit of humanity or ruin it.