Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman and will add the title of Alphabet chief scientist (Ina Fried/Axios)
Google is moving Hassabis out of DeepMind’s day-to-day CEO job while widening his Alphabet-wide science remit.
Hassabis will become chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet chief scientist, while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead the unit as SVP, reporting to Sundar Pichai. The reshuffle also comes as Jeff Dean and other senior Google AI figures leave to form Discovery Loop, with Google backing the startup. Alphabet shares closed down more than 4%. Techmeme's note
Hassabis will become chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet chief scientist, while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead the unit as SVP, reporting to Sundar Pichai. The reshuffle also comes as Jeff Dean and other senior Google AI figures leave to form Discovery Loop, with Google backing the startup. Alphabet shares closed down more than 4%. Techmeme's note
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