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)

<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/08/05/2026/demis-hassabis-was-shifting-away-from-deepmind-ceo-duties-for-a-year"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260805/i47.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260805/p47#a260805p47" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Reed Albergotti / <a href="https://www.semafor.com/">Semafor</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/08/05/2026/demis-hassabis-was-shifting-away-from-deepmind-ceo-duties-for-a-year">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; THE SCOOP&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis's departure Wednesday from the top job at the company he founded in 2010 &hellip; </p>