Alphabet’s top scientist, Demis Hassabis, held discussions with government officials and leaders of other artificial-intelligence labs about forming a new independent industry safety entity in the weeks before he relinquished his role as chief executive of Google DeepMind, according to people familiar with the matter. Hassabis, who co-founded Google DeepMind and is considered a pioneer in the field of machine learning, has been spending increasing amounts of his time advancing the idea of an organization that would codify safety guardrails and best practices for developing artificial general intelligence, or AGI, these people said. In discussions with peers, he has likened the proposed entity to the International Atomic Energy Agency, a nongovernmental watchdog that promotes cooperation on nuclear energy.

Full report : Demis Hassabis discussed the proposed new entity with heads of other AI labs and Trump administration officials including Scott Bessent.