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Google DeepMind’s Co-Founder Wants a Wall Street-Style Watchdog to Stop Dangerous AI

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The proposed industry-funded regulator could replace ad hoc government crackdowns with clearer rules—or give prominent AI companies a role in writing them.

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  1. Axios

    Exclusive: Google's Hassabis calls for U.S.-led global AI watchdog (opens Axios)

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    Demis Hassabis , Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO, is calling on the U.S. to establish a new AI watchdog with the power to screen the world's most advanced models — and coordinate an industry-wide slowdown if dangers mount .

  2. Quartz

    Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis is pushing for a U.S.-led AI watchdog (opens Quartz)

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    Demis Hassabis proposed a public-private watchdog that would screen frontier AI models before U.S. deployment, funded by the industry

  3. Semafor

    DeepMind’s Hassabis calls for AI government oversight (opens Semafor)

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    The Nobel Prize laureate warned that a race-to-the-top dynamic was exacerbating the technology’s risks.

  4. Inc.

    Google DeepMind’s Co-Founder Wants a Wall Street-Style Watchdog to Stop Dangerous AI (opens Inc.)

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    The proposed industry-funded regulator could replace ad hoc government crackdowns with clearer rules—or give prominent AI companies a role in writing them.

  5. Semafor

    DeepMind’s Hassabis is unifying voice for the AI industry (opens Semafor)

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    On Tuesday, Google’s DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis emerged as a generally unassailable messenger with an article calling for a self-regulatory body of AI experts.

  6. Inc.

    Why Google DeepMind’s CEO Just Begged the Government to Regulate AI (and What It Means for Your Startup) (opens Inc.)

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    Demis Hassabis says AI needs a FINRA-style referee before more powerful models arrive. For founders building on top of that technology, the fine print matters more than the headline.

  7. Breitbart News

    Google DeepMind CEO Calls for U.S.-Led Global AI Safety Watchdog (opens Breitbart News)

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    Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, is advocating for the United States to create a new artificial intelligence oversight body with authority to evaluate the world's most sophisticated AI models and potentially coordinate industry-wide slowdowns when risks escalate.

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