Sources: Demis Hassabis had been drifting away from day-to-day duties as Google DeepMind CEO for at least a year and struggled to find satisfaction in the role (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
The Semafor item says Hassabis’s exit from the CEO job was not sudden inside Google.
Techmeme’s note summarizes Reed Albergotti’s reporting that Hassabis had been moving away from daily control of Google DeepMind for more than a year. The duties cited were tied to Gemini models and Google’s consumer AI strategy. The note also says he had struggled to find satisfaction in the CEO role at the company he founded in 2010. Techmeme’s note
Techmeme’s note summarizes Reed Albergotti’s reporting that Hassabis had been moving away from daily control of Google DeepMind for more than a year. The duties cited were tied to Gemini models and Google’s consumer AI strategy. The note also says he had struggled to find satisfaction in the CEO role at the company he founded in 2010. Techmeme’s note
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