Intelligence Studies

This master book is your complete guide to passing the IAPP AIGP (Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional) certification with confidence - while gaining the real-world skills needed to govern AI ethically, legally, and effectively. This master book is primarily designed for aspirants from non - technical background. As AI technologies rapidly evolve, organizations must ensure they are deployed responsibly, transparently, and in alignment with global regulations and ethical principles. The IAPP AIGP certification validates your ability to do just that. This practical, easy-to-...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of...

Claude AI in Action: Workflows, Automation, and Real-World Applications is the complete guide to mastering Claude — Anthropic’s advanced AI assistant built for writing, reasoning, document analysis, and business automation. Whether you are a student, a busy professional, or a developer building software, this book shows you how to turn Claude into a daily productivity engine and a strategic advantage. Claude is reshaping how people work — from drafting reports and summarizing legal documents to building workflow automations and coding applications. This book teaches you how to harness...

Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? In Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will, Robert J. Marks II answers these and other fascinating questions with his trademark blend of whimsy and expertise.

AI has become the new religion. Are we going to follow it? Do we even have a choice? Or have the tech evangelists captured our future? Join Christopher Wylie and Coda Story’s Isobel Cockerell as they journey from exclusive crypto parties in Dubai, to the slums of Kenya where thousands of hidden workers are training AI models, to the hacker palaces of San Francisco where tech’s true believers talk about merging computers with our brains.

AIGP For Busy People was written for professionals who want a serious study resource without wasting time on bloated explanations or vague exam advice. If you work in privacy, compliance, legal, risk, security, data, audit, product, or governance and need to prepare for the IAPP AIGP exam while still doing your actual job, this book was built with you in mind. The goal is simple: help you build a working understanding of AI governance that is strong enough for exam preparation and useful enough to carry into real conversations at work. The AIGP centers on responsible AI governance, ...

In Fixing the Facts, Joshua Rovner explores the complex interaction between intelligence and policy and shines a spotlight on the problem of politicization. Rovner describes how the Johnson administration dealt with the intelligence community during the Vietnam War; how President Nixon and President Ford politicized estimates on the Soviet Union; and how pressure from the George W. Bush administration contributed to flawed intelligence on Iraq.

The U.S. government spends enormous resources each year on the gathering and analysis of intelligence, yet the history of American foreign policy is littered with missteps and misunderstandings that have resulted from intelligence failures. In Why Intelligence Fails, Robert Jervis examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the belief that the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the claim that Iraq had active WMD programs in 2002.

A professor of religious studies meticulously documents his insights from 73 high-dose LSD sessions conducted over the course of 20 years Chronicles, with unprecedented rigor, the author’s systematic journey into a unified field of consciousness that underlies all physical existence ...

AIGP Flash Cards takes the core content of AIGP For Busy People and turns it into 1,000 practice flashcards designed to reinforce exam readiness. It is built for readers who want more repetition, stronger recall, and a simpler way to keep key concepts in front of them every day. This book is a strong fit for solo learners, last-mile reviewers, commuters, and professionals studying around a crowded schedule. When you do not always have time for a full chapter, flashcards let you keep moving with short, focused review sessions that still add up. The flashcards are designed to help you retain ...

Are you working harder, but not smarter? Stop working alone. It's time to get a co-pilot. In today's fast-paced world, the pressure to be more productive, creative, and efficient is immense. What if you had a partner who never slept, could brainstorm with you instantly, draft documents in seconds, and analyze data in the blink of an eye? Welcome to The AI Co-Pilot. This isn't a book about being replaced by machines; it's your guide to forming a powerful partnership with artificial intelligence. Using DeepSeek—one of the world's most powerful and accessible AI models—you'll learn how to ...

In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on covert cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O’Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was 10 times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War.

If you’re aiming for the GIAC GCTI certification, you already know the hard part is not motivation. It’s time. You might get an hour here and there between tickets, on-call rotations, meetings, family, and everything else that is not “study.” GCTI For Busy People is written for that reality, with clear, direct explanations that fit into real schedules. This book is designed to help you build exam-ready confidence in cyber threat intelligence fundamentals and application. You will learn how threat intelligence work is structured, how analysts think through incomplete information, and...

Are you intrigued by the world of AI and data engineering? Do you find yourself captivated by the potential of these technologies to transform businesses and industries? If so, Data Engineering and AI for Beginners is the introductory guide you've been searching for. In today’s fast evolving digital landscape where data is lifeblood, those who harness its flow hold the keys to game-changing insights. This book addresses the very challenges and questions that have been on your mind: What is Data Engineering? How Does AI Fit into the Picture? Is This for Me, a Beginner? What Tools and ...

Grow Up: A Man's Guide to Masculine Emotional Intelligence appeals to men who want more out of life and their partners who often are the ones to encourage them to change. The book comes out of years of working with men and developing free men's groups. The recently released film About Men documents the power of one of these groups.

Derek Rydall, the author behind The Abundance Project, offers an empowering and actionable guide for workers, creators, leaders, and educators to unlock their full potential and not only survive but thrive in the AI era. As AI accelerates beyond human capabilities, the real threat isn’t that...

This program is read by Peter Godfrey-Smith with Mitch Riley. The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges...

The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first “high-value target” captured by the CIA after 9/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was?

Brought to you by Penguin. What if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible…was belief? Most of your limits aren’t physical. They’re psychological. In Beyond Belief, bestselling author Nir Eyal (Indistractable, Hooked) reveals how the hidden assumptions you carry...

In the shadows of cyberspace, nation-states wage wars that never officially begin — and the analysts who unmask them are the most important investigators you've never heard of. When FireEye discovered that its own network had been breached in December 2020, the trail led not to a single compromised company but to eighteen thousand organizations worldwide — including the US Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Nuclear Security Administration. The attackers had hidden inside a routine software update for over a year. But who were they? And how do you identify a ...