Demis Hassabis

Cofounder and CEO, Google DeepMind

Demis Hassabis is the cofounder and CEO of Google DeepMind, one of the world’s leading AI research companies.

Why you should listen

Demis Hassabis has led teams of computer scientists behind AI breakthroughs such as AlphaGo, the first technology to beat the human world champion at the game of Go, and AlphaFold, which cracked the grand challenge of protein folding. His work aims to solve intelligence to advance science and benefit humanity.

Demis Hassabis’ TED talk

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Demis Hassabis

How AI is unlocking the secrets of nature and the universe

Posted Apr 2024

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Live from TED2024

Dreamers: Notes on Session 1 of TED2024

April 16, 2024

It’s time for TED! And this year’s conference marks a big year: the 40th anniversary of TED, honoring the inaugural conference in 1984. With that in mind, TED2024 kicked off with a classically eclectic opening session, ranging from a powerful conversation on how Israel and Palestine can find peace to the future of AI to […]