Silicon Valley parent consolidates control as the London lab’s scientific culture gives way to urgency to build AI products

Demis Hassabis' move to a new Google role is part of a broader DeepMind reorganization, according to people familiar with the changes, as leadership shifts and teams are restructured.

Google got a slow start with generative AI after seemingly being caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s Copilot reveal. What a difference a few years make. Now, Google is at the forefront of AI development (for better or worse),

Demis Hassabis is shifting to a new role that plays to his interests — and is crucial to helping Google make big leaps ahead.

Gemini hits 950 million users as Google Cloud growth accelerates sharply. Top AI researchers are leaving Google for rivals and ambitious new startups. Google reshuffles DeepMind leadership as the frontier talent war intensifies.

Hassabis will take on a new role as Google DeepMind chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist. Major leadership changes were announced at Google Wednesday.

Google DeepMind shifts focus to the anticipated Gemini 4 AI model following multiple Gemini 3.5 Pro delays and leadership restructuring in 2026.

Even before a massive shakeup in leadership at Google’s frontier AI lab, the org had faced quiet tensions between its offices across the Atlantic.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down. He's one of the co-founders of the artificial intelligence research laboratory and has been CEO since 2010. Hassabis is, however, staying with the company.

Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis stepped down from that role on Wednesday to become its chairman. DeepMind chief technology officer Koray Kavukcuoglu has been elevated to senior vice president to lead the AI research lab.

Elon Musk says money won't matter by 2036, and Jeff Bezos says we'll live in space by 2045. Google DeepMind's Lila Ibrahim says nobody actually knows that.