A moderately compelling look at the origins of OpenAI and the Meta-like drama occurring behind the curtain. This expose failed to realize its full potential: unnecessarily long (needed a stronger editor); poorly constructed, shifting timeframes excessively (hey there editor); author failed to state a direct POV and merely hinted repeatedly at her distaste for OpenAI; well-researched but conclusions and event specifics seem to be drawn from the author’s opinions and based on only limited firsthand experience or minimal direct access to the main players under scrutiny. My suspicion at the beginning of this book was that Sam Altman is a bit of a snake. This book confirmed that bias—justifiably so or not. If that was ultimately the author’s intent, she succeeded. It felt like she put her heart and soul into this book, but the book’s flaws require me to question just how accurate the picture she paints is to the actual reality. If it is even in the ballpark, the AI industry is as dirty and flawed as any industry (aka big oil for example), masked underneath the guise of bettering humanity.