Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will be taking over most of Demis Hassabis' responsibilities (Bloomberg)
Google is putting DeepMind’s operating reins under Koray Kavukcuoglu, with Sundar Pichai closer to the chain of command.
Kavukcuoglu will lead Google DeepMind as senior vice president and report to Pichai. Demis Hassabis is moving to chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet chief scientist, shifting away from day-to-day control. The reshuffle comes as Google loses several prominent AI veterans and tries to centralize its AI leadership. Techmeme's note
Kavukcuoglu will lead Google DeepMind as senior vice president and report to Pichai. Demis Hassabis is moving to chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet chief scientist, shifting away from day-to-day control. The reshuffle comes as Google loses several prominent AI veterans and tries to centralize its AI leadership. Techmeme's note
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