DeepMind CEO pushes for AI industry self-regulation

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is pushing for the US AI industry to self-regulate, with the support of government, as a starting point for an international creating shared international standards. In a blog post, he called for a focus on artificial general intelligence (AGI) and national security. But it is precisely that focus on national security that may make the results of such an effort, assuming it happens, less than palatable outside of the US.