Hassabis' scientific questHassabis has been very vocal about his goals with AI. He has also pursued artificial general intelligence, or AGI — AI that can match human capabilities across most cognitive tasks. "Demis cared about safety enough that he sold DeepMind to Google, not to Facebook, even though Facebook offered more money. 'Ferocious' competition and commercialization pushWhile scientific work has continued at Google DeepMind, the reality of the current competitive environment is very different. Google DeepMind Chair and Co-Founder Demis Hassabis being interviewed by CNBC's Arjun Kharpal.