Hassabis told 60 Minutes that AI could help end all disease within roughly a decade, while stressing the need to keep control of AI systems.
ending all disease is “within reach. Maybe within the next decade or so, I don’t see why not”, before asking in the same interview: “Can we make sure that we can keep control of the systems?”
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Hassabis has said all diseases could be cured within a decade.
Sir Demis Hassabis, the founder of Google’s AI lab DeepMind, has said that all diseases could be cured within a decade.
Hassabis says DeepMind has worried about AI safety since its founding in 2010 and still does, because the technology is general and dual-purpose.
We were worried about safety from the very beginning of DeepMind in 2010, and we still are now, because it’s general. So it can be used for anything.
Hassabis defines AGI as a system able to do pretty much any cognitive task that humans can do.
pretty much any cognitive task that humans can do
Demis Hassabis said Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Carbon reaches state-of-the-art results across key benchmarks while combining frontier capabilities with deep safety and security research.
Demis Hassabis posted on October 28, 2026, that Gemini 4 Carbon reaches state-of-the-art results across key benchmarks. The announcement states that the model combines frontier capabilities with deep safety and security research.
Demis Hassabis warned that nuclear and bio risks may soon emerge as AI capabilities advance and urged urgent action to secure the world.
threats including nuclear and bio risks may soon emerge as capabilities continue to advance," adding that "urgent action" needs to be taken to secure the world against these threats.