Google shifts AI power
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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.
Opinions diverge on what it means for DeepMind's future as Google makes big changes to its AI leadership.
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’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.
Researchers from the Google DeepMind and Google Research teams have helped train the WeatherNext AI weather prediction model to offer improved cyclone warnings. The National Hurricane Center, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere,
Google is executing a fundamental architectural shift in how it manages the tension between high-stakes product delivery and long-horizon research. By consolidating DeepMind under a product-focused mandate while simultaneously spinning out its most ambitious scientific talent into a separately funded entity,
Demis Hassabis becomes chairman of Google DeepMind while Jeff Dean leaves to launch AI-discovery startup.