Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis has cautioned against overstating the significance of AI systems like Gemini and ChatGPT solving international Maths Olympiad problems. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Hassabis said that while these feats showcase reasoning, they don’t prove the systems are anywhere near general intelligence. “Today’s systems can get gold medals in the International Maths Olympiad, really hard problems, but sometimes can still make mistakes on elementary maths if you pose the question in a certain way,” Hassabis said. “A true general intelligence system shouldn’t have that kind of jaggedness.”
What’s missing in the current AI
As reported by ANI, speaking at the summit Hassabis noted that still excelling at the complex Olympiad‑level problems, the same systems can still make mistakes on elementary maths if questions are posed differently.“When I look at the current systems and what’s missing from them being a kind of general intelligence, I would say things like continual learning, so learning after they’ve been trained and put out into the world. Hassabis also outlined the many critical gaps in the current AI system. Google AI CEO said that the present models are ‘frozen’ after training and they cannot adapt online from new experiences. He added that AI can handle short-term tasks but struggles with coherent strategies spanning years. Also, the systems excel in some areas but it fail in others, even within the same domain,” added Hassabis. For Hassabis, the next frontier is building AI that can learn continuously, plan long‑term, and maintain consistency across tasks. Without these capabilities, Olympiad‑level problem‑solving remains a narrow achievement rather than proof of true intelligence.
Demis Hassabis makes a huge AI prediction for humanity
Recently, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that one of the most important uses of artificial intelligence (AI) will be improving human health. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Hassabis said AI is already helping speed up drug discovery and could change how new medicines are developed at Isomorphic Labs that he co-founded in 2021. His comments come amid wider debate over AI’s impact on jobs and automation, with Hassabis highlighting healthcare as a key area where AI could deliver long-term benefits for humanity. “One of the most important things we can use AI for is to improve human health,” Hassabis wrote in an X post.“A biotech startup might do one or two drugs its entire corporate life,” Hassabis told Fortune. “But we’re trying to build a system, a process, and all the technology to do maybe dozens of drugs each year. That seems crazy right now, but I think eventually, over the next 10 to 20 years, we could get to finding a solution to all disease…if we have a process that can find these needles in a haystack.”
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