Investigation 01Investigative Report

Artificial Intelligence

The architects of thinking machines

Runtime · 24 min
The Report

From the GPU farms of Silicon Valley to research labs in Cambridge, Episode 01 maps the lightning-fast rise of generative AI — and the people steering it.

Ian Khan sits with founders, policy makers, and the engineers behind frontier models to ask: who decides what an intelligence wants?

A cinematic, unflinching opener that sets the tone for the entire series.

Field NotesEditorial

12 months embedded across 3 continents. 47 primary sources. Verified by editorial board.

Up Next · Investigation 02

Creating a Sustainable Future

The innovators turning the climate crisis into the largest design brief in human history.