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Hassabis pitched independent AGI safety body to Trump officials before DeepMind exit

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DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis held meetings with senior Trump administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and tech advisor Michael Kratsios, to discuss artificial general intelligence safety. The discussions took place months before his reported departure from Google DeepMind. Hassabis proposed the creation of an independent organization dedicated to establishing safety standards for AGI development. He also authored an essay calling for a U.S.-led, industry-funded body to spearhead these efforts. The proposal comes as AI laboratories are intensifying their race toward building artificial general intelligence.

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