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Jul 14, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Demis Hassabis: AGI Is Near and May Outpace the Industrial Revolution Tenfold

In a lengthy essay, Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis argues that artificial general intelligence could arrive within years, delivering an impact ten times the scale and speed of the Industrial Revolution, while urging cautious optimism, robust safety measures, and the creation of a new frontier‑AI standards body to guide its development and deployment.