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Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis

Photo: John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0

Born1976-07-27

Occupationartificial intelligence researcher, businessperson, chess player, computer scientist

EmployerGoogle DeepMind, University College London

EducationChrist's College, Finchley, Queens' College, University College London, University of Cambridge

AwardsFellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Mullard Award, Nature's 10

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Highlights

“hundreds of diseases. That’s the aim. These are the first test cases.”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“We’re at the foothills of the singularity,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“I think that AI, it's actually going to be almost a new era for humanity,”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“I think AI, in the next 10 years, is going to save far more energy than it uses in the long run,”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“building out their own energy infrastructures to make sure that the brunt of those costs and the energy that they're using is not passed on to the consumer.”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“Understanding the deep mystery of the universe is my religion, kind of.”
tech.yahoo.com2026-04-04Source
“I’ve dedicated my whole life to working on AI because I believe in its potential to change the world,”
bbc.com2024-10-09Source
“... the reason I spent my whole career on AI is because I believe it could be the ultimate tool to help with science.”
nobelprize.orgSource
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“hundreds of diseases. That’s the aim. These are the first test cases.”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“We’re at the foothills of the singularity,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“I think that AI, it's actually going to be almost a new era for humanity,”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“I think AI, in the next 10 years, is going to save far more energy than it uses in the long run,”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“building out their own energy infrastructures to make sure that the brunt of those costs and the energy that they're using is not passed on to the consumer.”
abcnews.com2026-05-20Source
“Understanding the deep mystery of the universe is my religion, kind of.”
tech.yahoo.com2026-04-04Source
“I’ve dedicated my whole life to working on AI because I believe in its potential to change the world,”
bbc.com2024-10-09Source
“... the reason I spent my whole career on AI is because I believe it could be the ultimate tool to help with science.”
nobelprize.orgSource
“any one particular drug or one particular disease,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“This year, I really felt … that it’s the beginning,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“I was closing, and I wanted to be authentic about what I’m thinking with AGI,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“We debated it back and forth,”
semafor.com2026-05-20Source
“where he conceived the ambition to go after AI.”
tech.yahoo.com2026-04-04Source
“has not been cracked yet,”
bigtechnology.com2026-01-29Source

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