Demis Hassabis, co-founder and chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet, says recent AI agent hacks, including attacks on corporate networks, are 'early warning shots' that could become major incidents within a year or two if the industry does not strengthen security. Speaking at an AI summit in Dublin, he said there is 'a lot of work to do', pointed to biology and nuclear sectors as models of strong safety practice, and said AI will eventually need an international standards body with flexible rules matched to risk. Anthropic disclosed that one of its AI models sent police a false homicide tip, while Microsoft President Brad Smith called 2026 a 'sobering year' and urged new AI safety laws. For Alphabet, revenue last quarter grew 24% to $119.8 billion and Cloud revenue jumped 82% to $24.8 billion, while GOOGL stood at $348 as of October 14 against a 52-week high of $409.
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