DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Warns AGI Remains Years Away Despite A.I. Breakthroughs

An A.I. model from Google DeepMind shocked mathletes from around the world last year when it secured a gold medal at the prestigious International Mathematical Olympiad. Why, then, do these same models also make mistakes on the most elementary math questions? Such inconsistencies are a sign of A.I.’s “jagged intelligence,” according to DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

Today’s A.I. systems are “very good at certain things, but very poor at certain things,” said Hassabis while speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi...