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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9780241703557
Published: June 2026
Imprint: Allen Lane
Page Extent: 480
Format: Paperback
RRP 505.00

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A NEW YORK TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Extraordinary... beautifully written, clear-eyed and engaged in the deepest ethical questions of our day' Rory Stewart
'Mallaby has done full justice to his kaleidoscopically interesting subject ... expertly structured and vividly reported, the book presents the most insightful portrait of Hassabis to date' Financial Times

A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future - and what it means to win


Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in North London, a chess prodigy by five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven-figure job...

About the Author

Sebastian Mallaby

Sebastian Mallaby

Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books including the The Power Law, More Money Than God and The Man Who Knew, which won the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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