Chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet
Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis is Google DeepMind's co-founder and chair, Alphabet's chief scientist, and a Nobel laureate for AI-based protein structure prediction.
About Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis is the co-founder and chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet. In a 2026 leadership announcement, Google said he would hand over day-to-day operational responsibilities at DeepMind to focus on AI strategy and science, while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs.
Hassabis shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for protein structure prediction. His work with John Jumper on AlphaFold2 helped researchers predict the three-dimensional shapes of proteins, supporting scientific applications including pharmaceutical and environmental research.
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- Hinton Warns of an AI "Chornobyl" This Year or Next — and Says We Might Be Better Off Without AI →
In a Guardian interview on November 3, 2026, Geoffrey Hinton said humans might have been better off never developing AI, and warned of a large incident such as a power or banking shutdown. explainx.ai separates what he said from what is evidence.
- Bill Gates on Decoder: Prepare for 20 Years of Tumultuous AI Disruption →
In a Decoder interview with Nilay Patel, Bill Gates says even the best case for AI means a tumultuous two decades. He argues the near-term danger is models stripped of safeguards, and that governments must set review rules.
- Hassabis Says AGI in Two to Three Years: What the WSJ Reports and What His Timeline History Shows →
On October 21, 2026 the Wall Street Journal reported that Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis expects AGI within two to three years, shortened from his earlier three-to-five-year view. We could not read the interview itself, so this post sets out what is confirmed, how his public timeline has moved, and what the number does and does not mean.
- Altman's Three AI Safety Endgames: What The Information Reported vs What Is Verified →
According to The Information, as relayed by The Decoder, Sam Altman told OpenAI staff last week about three paths to safe AI: an IAEA-style watchdog, a merger of the big labs, or one firm so dominant it could cut off everyone else's compute. Here is what is reported, what OpenAI has said in public, and what nobody has confirmed.