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- The AI war is going to be really, really, really expensive.
- Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis suggests Google will spend $100 billion-plus on AI development.
- His prediction signals just how much money tech giants will have to spend to make AI smarter.
Winning the AI wars won't come cheap. Just ask Demis Hassabis.
To kick off this year's TED conference, Google's AI boss gave an audience in Vancouver a reality check on Monday by offering his best guess on how much the search giant will spend on developing AI: more than $100 billion.