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Google DeepMind has promoted Iason Gabriel to Principal Scientist and Director for AGI and Society at the DeepMind Institute, EdTech Innovation Hub reports. Gabriel says he will continue research on the societal implications of advanced AI.
Why it mattersHis work spans AI ethics, value alignment and governance, bringing those questions into a senior research leadership role. The title is a personnel change, but the brief is consequential: how advanced AI is developed, governed and made accountable.
Discuss: Should AI governance research sit alongside technical development inside AI labs, or is greater distance from the companies essential to its credibility?
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