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Elixir Studios (Founded by Demis Hassabis)
by ronfriedhaber · Oct 1, 2026 · 2 points
That is what I'm saying. There's a gold rush to extract what can be done with LLMs, but no indication that it'll continue. Maybe it will, but the evidence for its continuation s…
by xanderlewis · Oct 1, 2026
Right, the whole idea of these labs is to install themselves as capitalist philosopher kings. They won't tolerate any ideas of "decentralization" despite it benefiting 99% of hu…
by tehjoker · Sep 30, 2026
Demis wants to focus on scientific endeavors. He was probably not the right person to focus on consumer apps.
by mattm · Sep 30, 2026
Could it just be that Demis was checked out of the race and they lacked leadership?
by spyckie2 · Sep 30, 2026
The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence by Sebastian Mallaby I'm halfway through and is quite interesting and enjoyable. behind the s…
by langfo · Sep 30, 2026
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Demis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Demis Grigoraș, Romanian handball player Demis Hassabis, British artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, video game designer, entrepreneur and board game player Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer Demis Ohandjanian, English footballer Demis Roussos (1946–2015), Greek-Egyptian singer and musician Read more on Wikipedia