Google Just Put 1 Executive in Charge of Gemini After 8 Prominent Researchers Left in 2 Months

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 chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving in AI reshuffle after 27 years at company

Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday.

Google’s AI leadership comes apart in a single morning

Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years to run his own company, Demis Hassabis is handing off DeepMind, and Gemini 3.5 Pro still has no release date.

The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup

Google’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.
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Who is Demis Hassabis, Alphabet's new chief scientist?

Google parent Alphabet has named Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis as its Chief Scientist, with the AI pioneer stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to become Chairman. Hassabis cofounded DeepMind in 2010 and sold it to Google in 2014.

Alphabet stock drops after the Google parent reshuffles top AI leadership

The Google parent saw shares drop after news that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis would take on a bigger role and a veteran AI research Jeff Dean is leaving.

Google Overhauls AI Leadership as Longtime Chief Scientist Joins Wave of Exits

Demis Hassabis becomes chairman of Google DeepMind while Jeff Dean leaves to launch AI-discovery startup.