No, AI Probably Won’t Cure Cancer Anytime Soon, Scientists Say

Eric Topol is a prominent cardiologist known for his research into deploying AI and other technologies to improve healthcare. He considers himself a Demis Hassabis superfan, and when I spoke to him, he enthusiastically recounted scoring a blurb from the Google DeepMind chair for “Super Agers,” Topol’s bestselling 2025 book on longevity. “He’s a hero of mine,” said Topol. But last week, Topol publicly called out Hassabis—along with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. On X, he criticized Hassabis’ claim in a “60 Minutes” interview that AI will be capable of curing all diseases within the next decade and took Amodei to task for a similar remark. “Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease—we don’t have cures