Demis Hassabis Moved His AGI Forecast to 2029. That Is the Most Consequential Prediction in Science Right Now.

At Google I/O 2026, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis tightened his AGI timeline to 2029–2030, calling the current agentic era 'a practice run' and describing humanity as standing 'in the foothills of the singularity.' The forecast carries weight that no other public AGI prediction does.