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Allen Lane, the Penguin hardback imprint, published the British edition on 8 October 2019, the same day Viking issued the American hardback (ISBN 9780525558613). The two are easy to separate: the UK hardback has ISBN 9780241335208 and the subtitle 'AI and the Problem of Control', while the Viking edition is subtitled 'Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control'. Later UK formats are Penguin paperbacks (from 2020, and a 2023 reissue with ISBN 9780141987507), so a Penguin paperback is not the first.
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Allen Lane, London, in 2019, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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