The inside story of Google's major adjustment: lack of computing power, programming delays, new models have been delayed for two months, Hassabis's deputy took over a year ago

Zhidongzhi Compiler | Eggplant Editor | Cheng Qian Zhidongzhi August 13 news, yesterday, Reuters exposed more details of the adjustment of Google's AI team: Google's new generation flagship model has not been released yet mainly because its programming and other capabilities are still lagging behind its opponents; some of Google DeepMind's non-technical teams will be transferred to Google's reporting system; Koray Kavucuoglu (Koray) Kavukcuoglu has been responsible for the development of Gemini more than a year ago; Google co-founder Sergey Brin has also continued to intervene in model development and resource allocation in recent months. Seven people familiar with the development of the Gemini interviewed by Reuters said the changes do not mean Google is withdrawing from the basic model competition. On the contrary, Google hopes to further focus on Gemini research and development, product implementation and computing power allocation to regain its leading position in the model. In the early morning of August 6, the management of Google DeepMind was adjusted. Demis Hassabis announced that he would step down from the daily operational responsibilities of Google DeepMind and become the chairman of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist of Alphabet. Kavukuglu will take over the day-to-day operations of Google DeepMind and continue to serve as Google's chief AI architect, reporting directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. ▲ Hassabis announced in the early morning of August 6 that he would step down from the daily operational responsibilities of Google DeepMind (Source: The two said at the meeting that the daily work of the laboratory would not change significantly. However, two people familiar with the matter revealed that some non-technical teams will be transferred to Google’s reporting system. Reuters also revealed that Kavucuoglu had obtained the right to supervise the development of the Gemini model more than a year ago and gradually became the core figure in determining the direction of the model. A Google spokesman told Reuters last week that Kavukuglu would make major decisions about Google DeepMind in the future.