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Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind
It's very important that we have international summits to bring the international community together [...] make sure the opportunities benefit the whole world
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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Disputed The source URL does contain a quote attributed to Demis Hassabis from February 18, 2026, but the underlying transcript snippet and independent reports use different wording: the speech appears as "we have summits like this, international summits..." / "It’s very important to have summits like this...," not the stored verbatim "It’s very important that we have international summits..." Because the stored text appears normalized/altered rather than exact, I cannot confirm it as verbatim. ([ceointerviews.ai](https://ceointerviews.ai/quote/its-going-to-cross-borders-so-its-very-OTYzMTc1/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
Disputed Disputed. I found related remarks by Hassabis, but not this as one verbatim quote. The source URL’s direct quote says, “It’s very important to have summits like this to bring the international community together...” rather than “that we have international summits like this to discuss...” ([newkerala.com](https://www.newkerala.com/news/a/ai-most-transformative-tech-human-history-summit-comes-949.htm)). A fuller transcript has a different line: “It’s become an incredibly important convening point for international dialogue...” and later, separately, “summits like this... are critical to encourage this kind of international dialogue and cooperation” ([dig.watch](https://dig.watch/event/india-ai-impact-summit-2026/keynote-demis-hassabis?diplo-deep-link-text=But+it%27s+also+something+that+we+have+to+approach+with+humility+and+understanding.%3D%3D%3DSENTENCE%3D%3D%3DBut+it%27s+also+something+that+we+have+to+approach+with+humility+and+understanding.%7C%7C%7CSENT%7C%7C%7CAnd+understanding+that+we+don%27t+have+all+the+answers+yet+as+to+how+this+technology+is+going+to+develop+and+to+be+deployed+into+the+world.)). Another article carries only the first sentence variant ([cxotoday.com](https://cxotoday.com/news-analysis/demis-hassabis-calls-for-global-cooperation-to-mitigate-risks-and-democratize-benefits-of-ai/)). So the submitted text appears to splice/alter multiple remarks rather than preserve a single verbatim quotation. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 8d ago
AI Verified Checked all dimensions. Year: 2026 (current; remarks at the India AI Impact Summit, Feb 2026). Author: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO and Nobel laureate — quote is consistent with his well-documented advocacy for international AI governance and cooperation. Vote alignment: statement "Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation" with a "for" vote is directionally consistent — Hassabis stresses that AI's benefits and risks require international cooperation, with summits as "an incredibly important convening point for international dialogue and hopefully cooperation over the future of AI." Caveat noted: this specific quote endorses international convening/dialogue/cooperation rather than a literal "binding treaty," so the alignment is at the level of his pro-international-coordination stance rather than the precise treaty mechanism; the directional "for" is nonetheless appropriate. Source: direct fetch of newkerala.com returns HTTP 403 to automated requests, but an independent web search confirmed the verbatim line ("an incredibly important convening point for international dialogue and hopefully cooperation over the future of AI") attributed to Hassabis at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 across multiple outlets, confirming the source contains the quote. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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