Halo’s co-creator wrote a novel about AI taking over the world

<figure> <img alt="Concept art of solider robots." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Aaron Beck / Stone Kite" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/image-6.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">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 <em>Halo</em> and <em>Destiny</em>. 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 history of the fictional events, with around 100 characters spread across 40 countries, all detailing the AI uprising from their own perspectives. Pretty quickly Stohl realized that this idea could be much more than a single book.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"I was floored but not surprised," she says of her reaction to the original manuscript. "He's a worldbuilder who …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1010433/jason-jones-ai-novel-halo-destiny">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>