Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, says ChatGPT's viral 2022 launch triggered a "ferocious commercial pressure race" that nobody—including OpenAI—was prepared for. Speaking to Cleo Abram, he said every major lab had equivalent systems at the time; OpenAI just shipped first. Hassabis had wanted AI kept in the lab longer, focused on scientific breakthroughs. Now he's racing alongside everyone else—and watching the guardrails get harder to build.