UPDATE 1 — Google Deepmind's Hassabis calls AI hacks 'early warning shots'

Global standards body needed to boost safety, Hassabis says Standards must be proportionate and not stifle innovation Microsoft President calls 2026 a 'sobering year' after AI hacks (Adds comments from Microsoft President in paragraphs 6-8) By Padraic Halpin and Foo Yun Chee DUBLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters) — Recent hacking incidents perpetrated by AI agents are "early warning shots", and the world could soon face major incidents if systems are not made more secure, Google DeepMind co-founder and Chair Demis Hassabis said on Wednesday. Rogue behaviour by AI agents, including corporate ​network hacks and, most recently, Anthropic's disclosure that an AI model submitted a false homicide tip to police, has prompted warnings from researchers and fueled concerns over the fast-advancing technology. Hassabis said there was "a lot of work to do" to adopt the kind of best practices that other fields such as biology or the nuclear sector use to secure critical systems and that some sort of international standards body would eventually be needed. "I think these (hacking incidents) are early warning shots for us that systems aren't that powerful yet, so the incidents aren't that major," Hassabis, who