Today, they are two of the most powerful executives in the tech industry’s race to build artificial intelligence.
Dr. Hassabis, 47, is the chief executive of Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s central research lab for artificial intelligence.
Mr. Suleyman, 39, was recently named chief executive of Microsoft AI, charged with overseeing the company’s push into A.I.
In 2010, they were two of the three founders of DeepMind, a seminal A.I.
research lab that was supposed to prevent the very thing they are now deeply involved in: an escalating race by profit-driven companies to build and deploy A.I.
Persons:
Mustafa Suleyman, Hassabis, Demis, —, Suleyman
Organizations:
National Health Service, Queen Elizabeth’s, Google, Microsoft, Big Tech, DeepMind
Locations:
Syrian, Cypriot, London