Safety vs speed: Artificial general intelligence divide at Davos

A key portion of this conversation is AGI, which refers to AI systems capable of performing any intellectual task that a human being can do.

New Delhi : Leaders of two of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence labs laid out contrasting visions for the future of the technology — how fast it should be developed and how soon what is known as AGI can be achieved — at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026, with divergent views over development timelines and the necessity of slowing the pace of innovation.

CEOs of DeepMind and Anthropic, Demis Hassabis (left) and Dario Amodei, at a talk during the WEF meeting on January 20. REUTERS

During ‘The Day After AGI’ session, Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and