India, April 22 -- Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis made a stunning statement during an internview claiming that artificial intelligence could end all diseases in as early as the next 10 years.

Hassabis predicted that as AI models keep developing in a rapid manner, they could not only help cure diseases, but might even bring an end to all of them.

Being interviewed on CBS' 60 Minutes, the CEO spoke of how human health has been changed by technology in the recent years and how AI could help revolutionise it further.

"On average, it takes, ten years and billions of dollars to design just one drug. We can maybe reduce that down from years to maybe months or maybe even weeks. Which sounds incredible today, but that's also ...