In this episode of ET@Davos, ET’s Sruthijith KK speaks to Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Laureate 2024, on the future of AI. The chess prodigy-turned scientist-turned-AI pioneer explains how DeepMind balances frontier research with a billion-user scale. Hassabis says Google’s Apple partnership followed direct model comparisons where Gemini prevailed; China is now only months behind the West but lacks frontier breakthroughs; and AGI could arrive within a decade, triggering “post-scarcity” abundance. He defends AI’s energy demands, citing AI-designed fusion and grid optimisation. From Transformers to AlphaFold, Hassabis argues Google pioneered modern AI but moved too slowly. His bottom line: within 5–10 years, machines will be doing original science. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

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In this episode, ET's Executive Editor Sruthijith KK sits down with AI pioneer Andrew Ng, Founder of DeepLearning.AI, for a critical conversation on India's tech future. Ng delivers a stark warning: the nation's massive IT services industry faces existential disruption. While dismissing AGI hype as overblown, he insists AI-powered upskilling isn't optional—it's survival. Ng challenges CEOs to personally master AI fundamentals, arguing that sophisticated tool usage now separates viable professionals from obsolete ones. For India, the path demands rapid workforce transformation and strategic open-source investment to maintain sovereignty. His message is clear: nations executing this transition will leapfrog competitors; those hesitating risk devastating displacement.

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India's most trusted rocket, the PSLV, has experienced something unprecedented: back-to-back failures in May 2025 and January 2026, both involving mysterious third-stage anomalies. With a 92% success rate built over three decades, these consecutive setbacks mark uncharted territory for ISRO. Host Anirban Chowdhury speaks to TOI’s space journalist Chethan Kumar to break down the technical failures, examines whether the agency is overstretched by ambitious missions like Gaganyaan, discusses implications for commercial launches and the upcoming private-sector PSLV debut, and questions why ISRO has departed from transparency by withholding failure reports. As India's space ambitions grow, can its workhorse rocket regain its legendary reliability?

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