DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

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Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:45:55 GMT

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.