How DeepMind Plans to Reach AGI Safely

Beyond The Valley by CNBC

Jan 15, 202600:52:40Technology

DeepMind’s co‑founder and CEO Demis Hassabis lays out a pragmatic path to AGI—why he still sees a 5–10 year window, what current models are missing (reasoning, planning, continual learning), and why world models will lik...

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