Google DeepMind launches institute to open AGI debate beyond the lab
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-19
Google DeepMind has created the DeepMind Institute, aimed at broadening the public conversation about AGI beyond the lab—bringing in outside voices on AGI trajectories, impacts, and governance. It's a rare move by a frontier lab to open up its agenda for wider debate.
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