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Google DeepMind's CEO says Gemini's upgrades could lead to AGI — but he still thinks society isn't "ready for it"

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis claims the new capabilities that just shipped to Google's Gemini AI models will pave the way to "Artificial General Intelligence".

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Google's vision for Gemini involves turning it into a 'World Model'

Google discussed how it wants to turn Gemini into a "World Model."

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Google DeepMind CEO says "AGI is coming and I'm not sure society is ready" as the prospects keep him up at night

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis recently highlighted alarming concerns about the rapid progression and advances in AI, including the prospects of AGI that keep him up at night.

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Google DeepMind 145-page paper predicts AGI matching top human skills could arrive by 2030

DeepMind has released a lengthy paper outlining its approach to AI safety as it tries to build advanced systems that could surpass human intelligence.

Fortune

Demis Hassabis on Isomorphic’s $600 million raise, AI, and healthcare’s future

Demis Hassabis, cofounder of DeepMind and 2024 Nobel Laureate, talks to Fortune about his AI drug discovery startup, Isomorphic Labs.

Fortune

Ex-footballer Cesc Fabregas and Google DeepMind founder to speak at SXSW London

The event will take place in the city’s Shoreditch area in June.

Evening Standard

The Thinking Game review – DeepMind study offers wide-lens view of our tech lords and AGI

Director Greg Kohs uses every tool in the editing palette to explain how Artificial General Intelligence (as differentiated from Artificial Intelligence) works

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Google DeepMind CEO says that humans have just over 5 years before AI will outsmart them

Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman have all warned that artificial general intelligence (AGI) will outwit humans in the near future.

Fortune

Rebellion CEO says Evil Genius 3 could happen but wonders 'what else could we do with it other than a base-building game?'

"The idea of simulation games with emergent properties is very much part of what we do."

PC Gamer

DeepMind CEO claims Google has the "ingredients" to maintain AI lead over DeepSeek's "exaggerated" success — after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Google already missed the opportunity to be the "default winner"

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO urged employees not to worry about DeepSeek's exaggerated success, citing Google's superiority in the AI landscape.

Windows Central

Global disunity, energy concerns and the shadow of Musk: key takeaways from the Paris AI summit

AI Action Summit ends with US vice-president criticising European regulation and warning against cooperation with China

The Guardian - UK

‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit

Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable

The Guardian - UK

Google Reverses Stance, Now Permits Weapons Development With Revised AI Guidelines As Competition Heats Up

Google now allows AI weapons development in revised guidelines amid revenue challenges and fierce AI competition.

International Business Times UK

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons

Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’

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Evening Standard

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons

The tech giant has unveiled an update to its AI principles, which removes references to not pursuing work on weapons and surveillance.

International Business Times

Google Pledge Against Using AI For Weapons Vanishes

Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance.

The Guardian - UK

AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research

Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology

Fortune

DeepSeek, AI agents, and avoiding a tech-created catastrophe dominated the talk at Davos

Agents bring big benefits—and maybe even bigger risks—AI experts tell CEOs in Davos.

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The Guardian - UK

Eleanor Maguire obituary

Neuroscientist whose research focused on the role of the hippocampus region of the brain in navigation, personal memory and imagination

Android Central

Google plans to expand Gemini even further in 2025

During its "2025 strategy meeting," some of Google's plans for the coming year were shared. The TLDR is: expect a lot more Gemini and expect it soon.

The Guardian - UK

‘An AI Fukushima is inevitable’: scientists discuss technology’s immense potential and dangers

Experts are optimistic about energy and drug production breakthroughs but also fear its potential misuse

The Conversation

AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day

It may sound strange, but future Nobel Prizes, and other scientific achievement awards, one day might well be given out to intelligent machines. It could come down just to technicalities and legalities.

Tom’s Hardware

Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI Dictatorship' revealed in emails from 2016 — communications released during the recent OpenAI court case

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI has revealed a lot of juicy emails detailing the thoughts of the nonprofit's leadership.

The Guardian - UK

Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’. Here’s an offer he shouldn’t refuse…

The computer scientist’s dogged belief in the potential of neural networks helped unlock machine learning. But he’d be wise to remember the experience of a fellow laureate

Inverse

An AI Startup Acquired By Google Just Won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges.

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