Demis Hasabais, Google DeepMind’s CEO and a Nobel Prize winner, says the AI landscape needs greater international cooperation around AI regulation. Still, it seems difficult to achieve in today's geopolitical context. Mr Hassabis intends to have a standard policy concerned with the development, usage, nurturing, and proliferation of the transformative technology so that it doesn't end up getting misused. 

As AI expands its reach to enter the layers of various sectors, affecting jobs, work culture, processes, among other things, it's indispensable for governments to define their playing field through ethical standards and protect the sectors from any potential threats arising in the future. The guidelines can vary from controlling its development to its usage, monetisation, and other commercial or non-commercial aspects. 

Universal Application demands Universal Rules 

"The most important thing is it's got to be some form of international cooperation because the technology is across all borders. It's going to get applied to all countries, Hassabis said. 

"Many, many countries are involved in researching or building data centres or hosting these technologies. So I think for anything to be meaningful, there has to be some sort of international cooperation or collaboration, and unfortunately, that's looking quite difficult in today's geopolitical context," he said. 

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AI Action Summit, 2025 

Despite a formal event surrounding AI being organised every year for the last three years, this year latest in Paris, it has not been able to garner the much-needed support and collaboration from the participating nations. 

At Paris's AI summit in February, 58 countries -- including China, France, India, the European Union, and the African Union Commission -- called for enhanced coordination on AI governance. Alongside the US, the UK refused to sign the summit's appeal for an "open", "inclusive" and "ethical" AI. The US warned against "excessive regulation", with US Vice President JD Vance saying it could "kill a transformative sector".

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Smart and Adaptable Regulation 

Hassabis also called for “smart, adaptable regulation” that can evolve with the technology and respond to emerging challenges as they arise. This would ensure that the world and most importantly the decision-makers are ready to lead the common masses to a productive and defying AI era.