# Hassabis Says AI Is Getting Good at Reconstructing What People See, and Imagine

The DeepMind chief points to brain-scan-to-image systems as a fast-moving frontier, though the strongest results still rest on borrowed image generators.

- Published: 2026-06-28T10:47:24.054Z
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- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
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- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Science](https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-re-creates-what-people-see-reading-their-brain-scans), [Smithsonian](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ai-used-brain-scans-to-recreate-images-people-saw-180981768/)

Demis Hassabis, the chief executive of DeepMind, says AI is becoming surprisingly capable at reconstructing what people see and even imagine, with neuroscientists combining brain scans and generative models to recreate images a subject is v…

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