Measuring progress toward AGI: A cognitive framework
DeepMind just published the framework everyone's been arguing about in private: how do you actually measure AGI?

Why it matters
DeepMind is attempting to operationalize AGI measurement through a public cognitive framework and Kaggle competition, establishing shared evaluation standards that could shape industry benchmarking and timeline claims.
The key facts
4 to knowDeepMind published cognitive framework for AGI measurement
Kaggle hackathon launched to build evaluations
Public standardization of AGI progress metrics
Published March 17, 2026
Go to the source
Google DeepMind Blogdeepmind.google
Publisher excerpt: We’re introducing a framework to measure progress toward AGI, and launching a Kaggle hackathon to build the relevant evaluations.