{
  "id": 14473497,
  "title": "Halo’s co-creator wrote a novel about AI taking over the world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/halos-co-creator-wrote-a-novel-about-ai-taking-over-the-world",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1010433/jason-jones-ai-novel-halo-destiny"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Back in 2019, author Margaret Stohl was handed a manuscript written by Jason Jones, who's best known as the co-creator of sci-fi gaming series Halo and Destiny. The two had worked together at Bungie, and Jones wanted Stohl's opinion on a book he was writing about AI taking over the world. It was an oral […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}