DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis urges maximum AI scaling on path to AGI

In new remarks highlighted by India Today, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis argued that current AI systems should be pushed to their computational limits, saying scaling will be at least a key component—and possibly the entirety—of future AGI systems. He acknowledged challenges around data and compute, while critics like Yann LeCun warn that simply adding more data and compute will not solve the hardest AI problems, underscoring a growing strategic divide over how to reach AGI.