DeepMind CEO Hassabis says AGI still falls short in three critical areas

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told the India AI Summit that current AGI systems fail at continual learning (they're frozen after training), long-term planning (they can't plan over years like humans), and consistency (they excel in some areas but fail in others). Hassabis previously estimated real AGI would take 5-10 years. His comments temper industry hype by identifying specific technical gaps that remain unsolved, even as frontier models continue to improve on benchmarks.

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