Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down
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Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday.
Google announced a major restructuring of its AI leadership on Wednesday, with veteran executive and Chief Scientist Jeff Dean set to depart after spending 27 years at the company.
Koray Kavukcuoglu will now oversee everything from frontier-model research to the Gemini app. Demis Hassabis will turn his attention to AGI and scientific discovery.
Google’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.