Hassabis announces the DeepMind Institute

Hassabis wrote on 16 Sep 2026 that he and Shane Legg have discussed AGI's impact on the economy, science and society for more than 20 years. He said the DeepMind Institute will expand interdisciplinary research on key questions for the AI era and hopes to spur "the discussions needed to get the next steps right". Shane Legg posted the launch a few minutes earlier (x.com/ShaneLegg/status/2100229706641539248, linking the essay "Introducing the DeepMind Institute"). The institute's site (institute.deepmind.com) hosts essays by Legg/Manyika/Hassabis, Shah & Dragan (reasoning transparency), Jacobs & Imas (economic policy for AGI), Gabriel & Kasirzadeh, Bratton/Agüera y Arcas/Manyika and Stephen Cave, plus Hassabis's July standards-body framework. Axios dated the launch 16 Sep; TechCrunch covered it 17 Sep. Both tweets verified via syndication.

For 20+ years @ShaneLegg and I've discussed AGI’s potential impact on the economy, science & society. With the DeepMind Institute, we're expanding interdisciplinary research on key questions for the AI era. We hope it spurs the discussions needed to get the next steps right: http://deepmind.google/institute

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