Google Deepmind launches interdisciplinary institute to tackle the big questions around AGI
Google DeepMind launches the DeepMind Institute, an interdisciplinary hub for AGI safety, governance, and risk research.
Google DeepMind has founded the DeepMind Institute (DMI), a platform for interdisciplinary research and debate on artificial general intelligence. Directed by Shane Legg, James Manyika, and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis, it will bring together technologists, artists, humanists, and policy experts to address AGI safety, governance, and risks such as cyberattacks and loss of control. DeepMind leadership says AGI is close, with Legg suggesting a precursor could arrive by 2028.
- Institute directed by Shane Legg, James Manyika, and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis
- Focus areas include AGI safety, governance, cyberattack risk, and loss of control
- DeepMind says AGI is close; Legg cites a possible precursor by 2028
- Approach deliberately extends beyond technologists to arts, humanities, and policy
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Sep 16, 2026
Google Deepmind has founded the Deepmind Institute (DMI), a platform for interdisciplinary research and debate around artificial general intelligence (AGI). The institute brings together researchers from Google Deepmind, Google, and the global scientific community to tackle questions about safety, governance, and risks like cyberattacks or loss of control. The answers shouldn't come from technologists alone but also from the arts, humanities, and policy, according to directors Shane Legg, James Manyika, and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis.
There's no agreed-upon definition of AGI. Deepmind describes it as a system with all the cognitive abilities of the human brain and says AGI is close, even though today's AI systems still fail at simple tasks and lack creativity. Hassabis sees it coming within a few years, Legg recently said a precursor could arrive by 2028. OpenAI focuses on economic value, and CEO Altman believes AGI could come by year's end. AGI shouldn't be confused with "ASI", an artificial superintelligence that would far surpass humans in every respect, though AGI is likely a necessary step toward it.
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