Demis Hassabis

Mentioned in 74 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows

CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind, leading the company's AI research and development initiatives including breakthrough projects like AlphaFold and Project Genie world models. Frequently discussed across podcasts for his leadership role in Google's competitive positioning in the AGI race, his advocacy for AI safety alongside aggressive development, and his predictions about AI's transformative impact on society. Often featured as a central figure in conversations about the future of artificial intelligence, global AI cooperation, and the timeline to advanced general intelligence.

Appears On

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Episode Appearances

Practical AI · May 14, 2026

U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World

“Did not sign 2023 pause letter on AI development, skeptical of effectiveness”

AI Safety and Security RegulationCybersecurity Vulnerabilities from Advanced AI ModelsJob Displacement and Workforce Transition

Demis Hassabis

Episode Appearances

U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World

The UK Government’s AI Obsession is a Big Risk w/ Will Dunn

Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI for Billions

Rubio: US trying to reopen strait as a 'favour to the world'

How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis

GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies

Tim Cook Sat Out the AI Race — Will the New CEO Pay the Price?

Welcome to AI in the AM: RL for EE, Oversight w/out Nationalization, & the first AI-Run Retail Store

SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246

OpenAI President Greg Brockman: AI Self-Improvement, The Superapp Bet, Path To AGI, Scaling Compute

AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Axios NPM Package Compromised, Claude Code Source Code Leak | Alex Pruden, Qasar Younis, Sebastian Mallaby, Forrest Heath, Dino Mavrookas, Will Ahmed, Jannick Malling, Ryan Daniels, Chris Yu

Arm’s $15B Chip Bet, Sanders & AOC vs Datacenters, Meta & YouTube Lose Trial | Diet TBPN

Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241

#205: AI Labs Refocus on Agents and Enterprise, Trump’s New AI Framework, Meta’s Rogue Agent & What 81,000 People Want from AI

Zvi's Mic Works! Recursive Self-Improvement, Live Player Analysis, Anthropic vs DoW + More!

#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board & Do Reasoning Models Actually Reason?

#202: AI Answers - AI for Marketing, Sales & Customer Success, Marketing Agent Swarms, Entry-Level Job Disruption, Environmental Impact and AI Privacy

OpenAI drops GPT-5.4, Iran War fallout, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN

What happens to Google when AI answers everything? with Google’s Liz Reid

Hater Season: Corey Quinn

Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Claude Outpaces ChatGPT, and Consulting Gets Replaced | #234

Can AI Achieve Consciousness? — With Michael Pollan

How Google DeepMind Operates & Experiments — With Lila Ibrahim and James Manyika

Josh Kushner - Concentration and Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.459]

Seedance 2.0 Is Peak AI Video. We Tested It. Send Help.

Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media

Can Anthropic Control What It's Building?

#195: Moltbook Goes Viral, OpenAI Seeks $100B, Microsoft Stock Plummets & SpaceX-xAI Merger Rumors

Full Interview: Eric Seufert on AI and Advertising

The AI Holodeck Just Got Real: Google's Project Genie

#193: AGI Talk at Davos, Amazon Layoffs, AI for Course Creation, OpenAI Cybersecurity Warning, New Claude Constitution & Credit-Based AI Pricing

AI, Power, and the New Global Order with Nina Schick

China's Acquisition Spree, TikTok's Survival Deal, Intel Slips | Tuhin Srivastava, Bryce Strauss, Max Spero, Russ d'Sa

Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude's New Constitution

Capital One Acquires Brex for $5B, Davos’s $500M business, Apple’s Siri rebuild | Diet TBPN

Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine, TBPN x CAA | Diet TBPN

AGI Timelines Shift Forward

Kling Crosses 12M, China’s Aging Tech Problem, Thinking Machine Turmoil | Rich Greenfield, Jan Sramek, George Lewin, Ara Kharazian

Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN

Davos Reactions, Waymo’s Safety Case, Czinger 21C Hypercar Tour | Martin Shkreli, Bradley Tusk, Lukas Czinger, Andy McCune, Michael Broukhim, Aaron Katz

Story Of The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of

Why CEOs Need to Lead AI Strategy

#190: ChatGPT Health, Audience Reactions to AGI, Claude Code Use Cases, xAI Raises $20B & Big Gmail AI Updates

AI's Most Dangerous Truth: We've Already Lost Control

What OpenAI and Google engineers learned deploying 50+ AI products in production

AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN

AMA Part 1: Is Claude Code AGI? Are we in a bubble? Plus Live Player Analysis

Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?

#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?