Newscasts - Google DeepMind CEO warns of dangers in AI-assisted research 'golden era'

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18/02/2026 10:27

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Description: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on Wednesday (February 18) said a new era of scientific discovery driven by AI is on the horizon, with transformative impacts on medicine, energy, and space exploration expected. 

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Video Transcript:

I think we're on the cusp of an absolutely incredible transformation that's going to bring incredible benefits in science and medicine specifically is what I'm passionate about. As these systems become more powerful, I think there's at least two risks that we've always worried about. One is bad actors, human actors, individuals, but could be also nation states using these systems and repurposing them for harmful ends because they're dual purpose. But then also as we get closer to AGI, and I think we're entering maybe a kind of agentic era, shall we call it, where systems are more autonomous. I think we'll see a lot of that happening this year and next year. I think we need to worry about things like bio and cyber risk very soon. I think that the current systems are getting pretty good at cyber, and I think we need to make sure cyber defenses are more powerful than the attack vectors.