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Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate
Publisher description: Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public
TechCrunch | Sep 17, 2026 | Aditya Mehta
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Google and Google DeepMind researchers launched the DeepMind Institute on Wednesday to advance the conversation around artificial general intelligence. The institute lists DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg, Google executive James Manyika, and Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis as directors, with Legg serving as managing editor. In another essay, Hassabis proposes a U. S. -led frontier AI standards body to evaluate the most advanced AI models.
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