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Google reshuffles DeepMind leadership

Demis Hassabis becomes DeepMind chair and Alphabet chief scientist as Koray Kavukcuoglu steps up.

Why it matters

The changes put DeepMind's operating leadership under Kavukcuoglu while giving Hassabis a broader scientific role across Alphabet. The shift affects one of the industry's most important AI research and product organizations.

The key points

  • 1.Hassabis becomes DeepMind chair and Alphabet chief scientist.
  • 2.Kavukcuoglu becomes Google's SVP of DeepMind.
  • 3.Hassabis will continue leading Isomorphic Labs.

Google announced AI leadership changes that move Demis Hassabis from leading Google DeepMind to chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet. Hassabis will continue to lead Isomorphic Labs. Koray Kavukcuoglu, formerly DeepMind CTO, becomes Google's SVP of DeepMind, reports to Sundar Pichai, and remains Google's chief AI architect.

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