Google DeepMind CEO Hassabis steps down and becomes chairman Google Its top artificial intelligence team Google DeepMind ushered in a major management structure adjustment

Google DeepMind CEO Hassabis resigned and became chairman Google Its top artificial intelligence team Google DeepMind ushered in a major management structure adjustment. Longtime CEO Demis Hassabis will step down from day-to-day operational responsibilities and become chairman of the unit, as well as chief scientist at Google’s parent company Alphabet, while he will continue to lead Google’s AI drug development startup Isomorphic Labs. What follows is a series of core executive changes: Google DeepMind’s current chief technology officer Koray Kavukcuoglu will be promoted to senior vice president of the department, reporting directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai; and Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean Dean) and top senior researcher Sanjay Ghemawat chose to leave their jobs and establish a public benefit company (Public Benefit Corporation) called Discovery Loop, in which Google will participate as an investor and cloud computing service provider. This adjustment comes at a time when Google is facing severe challenges in the competition for general artificial intelligence (AGI). Recently, Google has faced strong competitive pressure from rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic in the development of cutting-edge models. Not only has it experienced the resignation of several key researchers and co-leaders of the Gemini project, its Gemini 3.5 Pro development progress has also lagged behind the original plan. In response to this restructuring, all parties have issued public statements. Hassabis said that the goal of achieving AGI is close at hand, and he hopes to focus on macro-strategy and cutting-edge scientific exploration by offloading heavy daily operations; Pichai emphasized that the company has top talent and computing power, and is currently a key node to accelerate AGI and scientific innovation; the new head of the team, Kavukchuoglu, clearly stated that the core mission of the team will not change, and the current priority is to ensure that Gemini is promoted with the highest efficiency Roadmap implemented. Jeff Dean revealed in an interview with the media that leaving the structure of a listed company will allow the research team to have greater freedom in pursuing scientific breakthroughs without being completely restricted by short-term financial considerations. via cnBe