Kevin Roose says his AI-industry book The AGI Chronicles was written without AI
kevinroose · x · 2026-10-06
NYT tech columnist Kevin Roose confirms in a WIRED interview that his new book The AGI Chronicles was written entirely by a human — "a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being."
- The book draws on 150+ interviews with AI insiders, told through the intertwined stories of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
- Roose and Casey Newton (his former Hard Fork co-host) have launched a new media company, Machine Gods Media, with a podcast distribution deal with NPR
- The interview also touches on why traditional media companies struggle to retain talent
A nice industry moment: the journalist covering AI felt the need to certify his book is human-made.
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