Demis Hassabis

Hassabis pushed AI oversight plan before DeepMind exit

In the weeks before Alphabet announced a sweeping leadership overhaul at Google DeepMind on August 5, Demis Hassabis was quietly working on something beyond model development: a proposal for an independent body to police frontier artificial intelligence, according to The…

Hassabis steps back from DeepMind as four top AI scientists depart Google

Google DeepMind is entering a new era. Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning co-founder who built DeepMind into one of the world's foremost AI laboratories, is stepping back from day-to-day leadership to become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of…

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Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO to focus on AGI

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced a major leadership shakeup at Google DeepMind on Wednesday, with co-founder Demis Hassabis transitioning from CEO to chairman of the AI lab while taking on a new role as chief scientist of Alphabet, focused on…

Google DeepMind’s Hassabis backs Huang’s open AI push

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has publicly endorsed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's push for open-weight artificial intelligence, declaring that "a strong and secure open ecosystem is important for the world to benefit from AI." The statement came days after Huang…

Google DeepMind’s Hassabis calls for US-led global AI watchdog

Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google Alphabet Inc. DeepMind, is calling on the United States to establish a new global AI regulatory body with the power to screen the world's most advanced AI models and pause their development if…