You got to hand it to DeepMind. They’re the Apple of laboratories. While everyone else is clamoring to occupy space in the public head, it’s toiling mysteriously in the background. 

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is the hottest topic in tech. Everyone from presidents and prime ministers to gig workers and influencers are discussing it. And the whole planet has a stake in how the so-called “race to AGI” plays out.