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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

Artificial general intelligence refers to a hypothetical AI system capable of understanding and performing any intellectual task a human can. While AGI does not yet exist, governance frameworks should anticipate increasingly capable and autonomous AI systems.

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