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Demis Hassabis to become Alphabet chief scientist as Google DeepMind undergoes major leadership shake-up

Demis Hassabis is transitioning from his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to become the chief scientist for Alphabet and chair of the DeepMind unit. This leadership change follows the departure of chief scientist Jeff Dean, who is leaving the company after 27 years to co-found a new AI startup called Discovery Loop alongside Sanjay Ghemawat and three other researchers. Koray Kavukcuoglu will succeed Hassabis as the head of DeepMind, taking over daily management of the division and the development of the next Gemini model. The reorganization comes as Google faces intense competition in the AI race, with its stock price dipping nearly 4% on the news. While the company reported strong cloud revenue growth of 82% in its recent earnings, it also faced scrutiny over high capital expenditures and the need to balance compute resources between research and commercial products. The administration announced that the move aims to accelerate AI development while maintaining a focus on long-term research and societal implications.

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