Sep 16 2026

Google DeepMind launches the DeepMind Institute; Hassabis proposes a US frontier standards body

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Publication platform for debate led by Shane Legg. Hassabis's essay proposes pre-release model submission to a US-led standards body, voluntary at first.

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