{"id":105396,"date":"2026-07-14T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105396\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:28:16","slug":"google-deepmind-co-founder-calls-for-ai-watchdog-over-fears-of-nuclear-bio-risks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105396\/","title":{"rendered":"Google DeepMind Co-Founder Calls For AI Watchdog Over Fears Of Nuclear, Bio Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of Google’s DeepMind AI research lab, is calling for the creation of a U.S.-initiated AI watchdog group as the technology’s capabilities rapidly advance, along with untold global risks.<\/p>\n

“What we collectively do now will determine how the next phase of civilisation unfolds,” Hassabis wrote in a Substack article<\/a> published Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to Axios<\/a>, Hassabis said he has been working to gain support for such a group, including with world leaders and fellow AI researchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The noises I’ve been hearing are very positive,”\u00a0he told Axios.<\/p>\n

In his article, Hassabis urges the creation of a “starting point” for what would become international standards. It would help prevent, fight and address cybersecurity issues, including nuclear and bio risks.<\/p>\n

“On the horizon, we will need robust safeguards to maintain control of increasingly agentic, recursively self-improving systems – and tackle unknown issues that will only become clearer over time,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

Separately, more than 200 economists and AI researchers signed a letter published Monday that urgently calls for enhanced research on AI’s economic impacts, and for work to ensure it “complements human capabilities and benefits society.”<\/p>\n

The letter, “We Must Act Now:\u00a0A Statement on AI’s Transformation of the Economy<\/a>,” warns of the world being wholly unprepared for the radical economic transformations of AI.<\/p>\n

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