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Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind
It is designed to keep up with the field’s acceleration and adapt to the biggest risks as they are identified, and could be ratcheted up if the seriousness of the situation demands, including coordinating a slowdown in development among the Frontier Labs if deemed necessary.
AI Verified (Jul 14, 2026)
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Demis Hassabis, “A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age,” July 14, 2026.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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AI Verified Hassabis explicitly supports a framework that could coordinate a slowdown in Frontier Lab development when risk seriousness requires it. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer “for” is correct: Hassabis expressly endorses coordinating a frontier-development slowdown when risk warrants it. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Verified against Demis Hassabis’s Substack post dated 14 Jul 2026; wording appears verbatim in his framework proposal. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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