Josh Tyrangiel is one of America’s leading voices on technology, media, and the future of society—a 12-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, editor, and filmmaker whose reporting and ideas have shaped how millions understand the forces transforming modern life. His new book, AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter—a look at how artificial intelligence can strengthen, rather than erode, the core systems of American life—was praised by Kirkus Reviews as “a lively, irreverent, and sharply observed critique of AI hype.”

“Tyrangiel is one of the smartest writers in the world on AI, and in this book, he looks at how the technology—not the companies that make it—is going to change the world.”

—Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and author of The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports

An editorial leader at TIME, Bloomberg, and VICE News, Tyrangiel brings rare clarity to the chaotic intersection of artificial intelligence, government, education, healthcare, and culture. His keynotes blend original reporting, sharp analysis, and a sly wit honed over two decades in newsrooms, writers’ rooms, and boardrooms.

A staff writer at The Atlantic and formerly The Washington Post’s first-ever AI columnist, Tyrangiel uses his access to Silicon Valley’s CEOs, engineers, and elected officials to sort the genuine innovators from the scoundrels—cutting through utopian hype and apocalyptic fear-mongering to reveal what AI can actually do today, and what it might mean for society tomorrow. With an adventurous spirit and an instinct for narrative, he makes technical breakthroughs legible, urgent, and human.

In AI for Good, a bold, funny, deeply reported book, Tyrangiel travels inside the institutions where AI is not a gold rush or a looming apocalypse, but a tool that people are struggling to put to work. From the Cleveland Clinic to the Internal Revenue Service, from a sprawling public school district in Indiana to a Pentagon war room, he follows the engineers, doctors, teachers, and public servants who are testing AI against the real world, where data is messy, incentives are misaligned, and everything that matters is charged with human emotion.

Along the way, he introduces unforgettable characters: a cardiac MRI pioneer determined to make lifesaving scans available to everyone; a band of government misfits who rewired vaccine distribution in the midst of a national panic; a teacher in a low-income school district who treats AI not as a threat but as a way to make her class more human; and a brilliant scientist racing to decode the hidden patterns of expression in the sounds made by millions of autistic kids who can’t speak—including her own son. Their stories reveal the possibility of a different AI future: one where technology amplifies humanity.

Through his production company, Backstory Partners, Tyrangiel creates ambitious documentaries about current events and technological change—including AI and the Future of Us, with Oprah Winfrey—for Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and Apple TV+. He is also an Executive Producer of The Perfect Weapon, the HBO documentary based on the book of the same name by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger.

Previously, Tyrangiel served as Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and Chief Content Officer of Bloomberg Media, where he led one of the most successful editorial reinventions of the digital era. Under his leadership, Businessweek became known for its indelible covers and pioneering data-driven storytelling, earning the magazine a National Magazine Award for General Excellence and Tyrangiel the title of Ad Age’s Editor of the Year. Before Bloomberg, he spent more than a decade at TIME, writing dozens of cover stories and ultimately serving as Deputy Managing Editor.

Fluent across print, digital, audio, and film, Tyrangiel also advises companies, nonprofits, and government agencies on narrative strategy—helping leaders translate complex ideas into stories that influence public understanding and drive meaningful change.

Tyrangiel is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a master’s degree in American Studies from Yale. He lives in New York City with his family.

For more information, please visit joshtyrangiel.com.