{"product_id":"the-proving-ground-michael-connelly-9780316563833","title":"The Proving Ground: A Lincoln Lawyer Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following his \"resurrection walk\" and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Representing the victim's family, Mickey's case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy, who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. McEvoy's digging ultimate delivers the key witness, a whistleblower who has been too afraid to speak up. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is said that machines became smarter than humans on the day in 1997 that IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov with a gambit called \"the knight's sacrifice.\" Haller will take a similar gambit in court to defeat the mega forces of the AI industry lined up against him and his clients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316563838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316563833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Michael Connelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448694092031,"sku":"9780316563833","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b6692d0-3f81-4f77-809c-e4d80df7ff88.jpg?v=1777260058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-proving-ground-michael-connelly-9780316563833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}