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In 'The AGI Chronicles,' Kevin Roose details the feuds driving the AI race

WBUR
Published October 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM MDT
A d-Matrix Corsair PCIe card is shown in a server at the d-Matrix office in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
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A d-Matrix Corsair PCIe card is shown in a server at the d-Matrix office in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Kevin Roose charts the race going on in the world of artificial intelligence and the feuds and personalities driving the race in his new book “The AGI Chronicles.” What could be the consequences?

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd puts that and more to Roose, who also hosts the new NPR podcast “Machine Gods” coming this month.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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