Demis Hassabis Named WSJ's 2026 Tech Innovator; Now Predicts AGI Within Two to Three Years

Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, has been named WSJ Magazine's 2026 Technology Innovator, a recognition that coincides with a significant acceleration in his timeline for artificial general intelligence. In a profile published in the magazine, Hassabis stated that human-level artificial general intelligence—which he defines as human-level cognition—could arrive within two to three years, a marked shift from his previous estimates of three to five years earlier in 2026.