Sources: Demis Hassabis pursued a Nobel as a DeepMind goal and favored high-minded work over short-term revenue or a stronger AI race position for Alphabet (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Sources: Demis Hassabis pursued a Nobel as a DeepMind goal and favored high-minded work over short-term revenue or a stronger AI race position for Alphabet  —  Demis Hassabis has spent much of the past decade trying to unlock the secrets of the universe through artificial intelligence.

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