Hassabis Shifts to Alphabet Chief Scientist as DeepMind Leadership Reshapes AI Drive
TL;DR
Demis Hassabis moves from day-to-day DeepMind leadership to Alphabet chief scientist while continuing to head Isomorphic Labs; Koray Kavukcuoglu becomes DeepMind's senior VP; Dean and Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat launch Discovery Loop with Google as investor and cloud provider; the changes come amid talent exits and morale concerns as Google accelerates Gemini and AGI efforts.
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down Axios
- Google’s Chief Scientist Is Leaving After 27 Years—to Start His Own AI Company WSJ
- Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind chief shifts role Reuters
- 4 of Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving—and Launching Their Own AI Startup WIRED
- Four Top Google A.I. Researchers Form New Start-Up The New York Times
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