A month-old British start-up founded by former Google DeepMind researchers is close to clinching hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding at a nearly $4bn valuation, the latest high-profile offshoot from the London AI lab.

Google DeepMind has launched a new institute to study how AGI could reshape society, science and the economy, bringing internal and external researchers into the debate.

Mechanize co-founder Tamay Besiroglu joins Google DeepMind following the tech giant's US$1.5bn acquisition to lead its AI workforce strategy

Founder Shane Legg is warning that artificial intelligence advances must not come before AI safety, the Financial Times reported

Google DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg warned that rapidly advancing AI must not outpace safety controls, as he launched an institute to explore the deployment of artificial general

Alex Turner, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, said he tried to change Google executives' minds about working with the Pentagon.

The data shows that while OpenAI and Anthropic are gaining in the AI talent market, Google DeepMind and Meta are losing to their rivals. Google DeepMind has experienced a drop in regional market share and high-profile departures of foundational leaders and researchers, such as Jeff Dean, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le.

Alex Turner, Google DeepMind former research scientist, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the scientists concerns with AI, the impact of recent incidents and much more.