War. Peace. War. A moon landing. An assassination. Stranger Things. Ozzy’s farewell. 100 men vs. a gorilla. Coldplay’s kiss cam. Six-seven. Labubus. A jeans ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Demis Hassabis has become one of the most influential figures in modern artificial intelligence, yet his journey began far from the research labs and global stages he commands today. Born in London in ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

Google DeepMind has hired Aaron Saunders, a former Boston Dynamics executive, to lead its hardware engineering. This move signals a strong push into robotics. Saunders' expertise will help integrate ...

Now that the latest AI model from Google has launched, the CEO of Google DeepMind and VP of Google Gemini appeared on the Hard Fork podcast to delve into what their “most intelligent” AI is capable of ...

This week, talk of the AI industry bubble has heated up, with Google's top executive Demis Hassabis throwing some fuel on this fire while discussing the release of the company's much-anticipated ...

DeepMind founder and AI expert, Demis Hassabis, is reportedly set for a larger role within Google, potentially leading the company’s AI efforts. This comes amid the intensifying global race for AI ...

As a child, Demis Hassabis, the winner of the 15 th UKtech50, was already somewhat unique. A chess prodigy from the age of four, he taught himself programming on a ZX Spectrum 48K computer by the time ...

What a year it’s been for great music — as opposed to, say, everything else. But we’re almost halfway into 2025, and it’s already crowded with new albums that deliver what we need in terms of ...

WIRED Editor At Large Steven Levy sits down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for a deep dive discussion on the emergence of AI, the path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and how Google ...

I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...