{
  "id": 758444,
  "title": "Sources: Demis Hassabis pitched a new independent industry AI safety entity, modeled on the IAEA, to top Trump officials before stepping down as DeepMind CEO (Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/sources-demis-hassabis-pitched-a-new-independent-industry-ai-safety",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/deepminds-hassabis-pitched-ai-oversight-body-before-shake-up-e25b3f71?st=nNBiWk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Demis Hassabis discussed the proposed new entity with heads of other AI labs and Trump administration officials including Scott Bessent",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}