As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes everyday life, Penguin Random House India has announced the release of The Infinity Machine, a major new biography of DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis by acclaimed author Sebastian Mallaby.

Positioned as a defining story of the AI age, the book offers an unprecedented look into the life and work of Hassabis—one of the most influential figures driving the global artificial intelligence revolution. Drawing on extensive access to Hassabis and his inner circle, Mallaby weaves a deeply reported narrative that also includes candid perspectives from leading voices in AI, including Mustafa Suleyman, Ilya Sutskever, and Geoffrey Hinton.

From his early days as a chess prodigy in North London to his emergence as a leading scientist at Google’s DeepMind, Hassabis’s journey mirrors the meteoric rise of AI itself. At the centre of the book lies a critical tension: the vast promise of artificial intelligence to transform fields such as medicine and scientific discovery, alongside growing concerns over its rapid advancement and the lack of regulatory frameworks.

Penguin Random House India describes the book as arriving at a crucial moment, when AI is no longer a distant concept but a force actively shaping how people work, think, and create. Beyond a conventional biography, The Infinity Machine explores the human decisions, ethical dilemmas, and geopolitical stakes underpinning the development of advanced AI systems.

The narrative also situates DeepMind’s trajectory within a broader global competition, highlighting the intensifying race among corporations and nations to lead in artificial intelligence—raising fundamental questions about power, control, and accountability in the AI era.

Author Sebastian Mallaby, a noted journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is known for his work on finance, technology, and global systems. Currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Mallaby brings his signature analytical depth and storytelling to what early readers are calling a definitive account of the AI revolution.

The book has already drawn praise from prominent thinkers. Biographer Walter Isaacson described it as “a deeply reported and profoundly insightful book,” while historian Margaret O’Mara called it “a revealing window into the biggest business phenomenon of our age.”

With The Infinity Machine, Penguin Random House India aims to offer readers not just the story of a singular innovator, but a wider examination of one of the most consequential technological shifts of the 21st century—where the future of AI may depend as much on human judgment as on technological progress.