Google AI Shakeup

Google is overhauling its AI leadership as top scientists exit for a startup.

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Exclusive: Demis Hassabis was shifting away from DeepMind CEO duties for a year

Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down

What smart people in tech are saying about Google's AI leadership restructuring

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Google announced a leadership overhaul of its AI operations, with Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to become the unit’s chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist. Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google DeepMind’s chief technology officer, will take over day-to-day leadership of the lab behind Gemini. Jeff Dean is leaving Google after 27 years to start a new AI company with longtime collaborator Sanjay Ghemawat. The planned company also includes senior AI researchers Quoc Le and Oriol Vinyals.

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Google’s AI leadership changes and high-profile exits point to real instability inside its AI organization. The upheaval suggests the company is under competitive pressure and struggling to maintain a clear, confident direction in AI.