We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans"
—Geoffrey Hinton, 'Godfather of AI'
Latest news on Google DeepMind, Gemini frontier models, scientific AI breakthroughs, AlphaFold, and AI safety research.
Singapore Minister Josephine Teo highlighted the collaboration at Singapore International Cyber Week 2026. Google DeepMind’s Gemma-based model detects manipulative patterns in on-device conversations and issues real-time warnings while protecting users’ personal data.
The three-month program covers nature conservation, sustainable agriculture, and climate and carbon solutions across the Asia-Pacific region.
Google DeepMind and Google Research have expanded their WeatherNext family of AI weather models with WeatherNext Cyclones, a system designed specifically for tropical cyclone forecasting. The model predicts a cyclone’s track, intensity and wind structure. Google says its three-day forecasts are as accurate as what prior models could provide for the next two days, giving… Continue reading Google Advances WeatherNext AI From General Weather Forecasting to Specialized Cyclone Predictions
Hassabis said he has worked toward AGI throughout his career and believes it is now “close at hand.” Stepping away from operational responsibilities will allow him to focus on the broader strategic direction of AGI and help ensure the technology benefits humanity. He becomes Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs; Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over as SVP of Google DeepMind.
The launch comes two days after the US FCC announced restrictions on new foreign-made humanoid robots, citing “unacceptable risks” to US national security. Google DeepMind said Gemini Robotics 2 includes new safety features for real-world operation and human collaboration.
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs have set out a joint “bioresilience” approach aimed at stopping threat actors from misusing their AI models to develop biological weapons.
Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus agent autonomously solved nine open problems associated with Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős — two of them open for 56 years. The announcement, days after OpenAI claimed to have disproved an Erdős conjecture from 1946, signals a shift in how AI labs are testing mathematical reasoning.
Google DeepMind launched an AI enabled pointer in Chrome that understands what a user points at, even as Meta employees protest their company’s mouse-tracking surveillance program, on the same day.
Demis Hassabis’s AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs has raised $2.1 billion in a Thrive Capital-led Series B, joined by Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google Deepmind, claimed that humans are just 5-8 years away from artificial general intelligence (AGI), at India AI Impact Summit 2026, New Delhi.
