Business updateMIT Technology Review AIMay 22, 2026
Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
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What changed
During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement—the singularity is the theoretical future moment when AI rapidly exceeds human intelligence and dramatically transforms the world. But what struck me as I listened in the…
Why it matters
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