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Author Talk: Gary Rivlin

  • 55 West Main Street Wellfleet, MA, 02667 United States (map)

Wellfleet Public Library

AI VALLEY

Artificial Intelligence has been "just around the corner" for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential. But now, with the emergence and growing use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and a rapidly multiplying number of other Al tools, many are wondering: Has Al's moment finally arrived? In Al Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin brings us deep into the world of Al development in Silicon Valley. Over the course of more than a year, Rivlin closely follows founders and venture capitalists trying to capitalize on this Al moment. Rivlin also brings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scrambling to keep pace. An adventure story full of drama and unforgettable personalities, Al Valley. promises to be the definitive story for anyone seeking to understand the latest phase of world-changing discoveries and the minds behind them.

Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who has been writing about technology since the mid-1990s and the rise of the internet. He is the author of nine books, including Saving Main Street and Katrina: After the Flood. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Fortune, GO, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons.

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