Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs
Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over Google DeepMind’s day-to-day AI work, including Gemini.
Demis Hassabis is moving into a strategic role as Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, while staying involved as an adviser and continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Sundar Pichai says the change is meant to let Hassabis focus more on AGI and science. Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving to start an independent public benefit corporation, with Google as a founding investor and Cloud partner. HN · Frontpage AI's note
Demis Hassabis is moving into a strategic role as Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, while staying involved as an adviser and continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Sundar Pichai says the change is meant to let Hassabis focus more on AGI and science. Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving to start an independent public benefit corporation, with Google as a founding investor and Cloud partner. HN · Frontpage AI's note
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