Hassabis, a prodigy in several disciplines, founded DeepMind in 2010 and has been instrumental in its high-profile achievements, including developing an AI system that defeated the world champion of the strategy board game Go. Despite some controversy, DeepMind has emerged as one of Google’s most critical assets in the race for AI dominance. The U.K. has been keen to position itself at the forefront of the AI revolution, with DeepMind being one of its greatest AI exports.
Key takeaways:
- Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind, has been awarded a knighthood in the U.K. for his services to artificial intelligence.
- Ian Hogarth, chair of the U.K. government’s AI Safety Institute, and Matt Clifford, AI adviser to the U.K. Government, were awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to AI.
- Hassabis was previously awarded a CBE in 2017 for “services to science and technology” following high-profile achievements at DeepMind, including developing an AI system that beat the world champion of the strategy board game Go.
- The U.K. has been actively positioning itself at the forefront of the AI revolution, with DeepMind serving as one of the U.K.’s greatest AI exports and a critical asset for Google in the global competition for AI dominance.