AI Magazine September 2024 | Page 42

DEMIS HASSABIS
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Demis Hassabis , CEO , DeepMind

DEMIS HASSABIS

LOCATION : UK SECTOR : RESEARCH
Demis Hassabis , Co-Founder and CEO of DeepMind , leads one of the world ’ s foremost AI research labs . Under his guidance , DeepMind has achieved remarkable milestones , including the development of AlphaFold , which solved the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction . Demis focuses on creating AI systems capable of solving complex problems and advancing scientific understanding . With DeepMind being acquired by Google , His work aims to push the boundaries of AI capabilities , exploring new frontiers in machine learning and artificial general intelligence . 42 September 2024