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Experts and CEOs warn of extinction risk posed by AI, compare dangers to nuclear war

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The worryingly titled AI Extinction Statement from the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is signed by CEOs from top AI labs: Altman, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. Other signatories include authors of deep learning and AI textbooks, Turing award winners such as Geoffrey Hinton (who left Google.

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Integrating AI and Web3: Value Creation in the Data Age

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Last Updated on July 4, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Harriet Gaywood Originally published on Towards AI. His student Demis Hassabis is famous for AlphaGo. Source: BEYOND Expo. What is Web3 and how does it differ from AI? AlphaGo’s breakthrough performance in the field of Go inspired Sam Altman to develop ChatGPT.

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How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income

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Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, sold his company to Google in 2014 only after the latter agreed to an independent ethics board that would govern how Google uses DeepMind’s research. In an illustrative example, not meant as a firm proposal, the authors of “The Windfall Clause” suggest donating 1 percent of profits between 0.1

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The Dezeen guide to AI

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Deep learning was pioneered between 2010 and 2015 by DeepMind , a company founded in London by UCL researchers Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg and acquired by Google in 2014. As a result, it opens the door for machines capable of performing many different tasks significantly better than humans.

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Google Reverses Stance on AI for Military and Surveillance Use

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In a blog post co-authored by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, the company framed AI as a tool for safeguarding democratic values amid geopolitical uncertainty. Now, Googles revised stance suggests a more flexible approach to AIs role in defense and security.

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Google Reverses Stance on AI for Military and Surveillance Use

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In a blog post co-authored by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, the company framed AI as a tool for safeguarding democratic values amid geopolitical uncertainty. Now, Googles revised stance suggests a more flexible approach to AIs role in defense and security.

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This AI newsletter is all you need #61

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Last Updated on August 23, 2023 by Editorial Team Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Gemini combines the strengths present in AlphaGo-type systems with the exceptional language capabilities inherent in large models,” — Demis Hassabis.

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