Question 1

What is Demis Hassabis's new role at Google DeepMind?

Accepted Answer

Hassabis is stepping down as CEO to become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, and he will keep leading Isomorphic Labs, Google's AI drug-discovery spinoff.

Question 2

Who is replacing Hassabis as head of Google DeepMind?

Accepted Answer

Koray Kavukcuoglu, previously DeepMind's chief technology officer and Google's chief AI architect, is becoming senior vice president of the unit and reporting to CEO Sundar Pichai.

Question 3

Why is Jeff Dean leaving Google?

Accepted Answer

Dean is leaving after 27 years to co-found an independent public benefit corporation called Discovery Loop, focused on ML, science, and engineering. He said operating outside a public company allows decisions "not necessarily in the company's purist financial interests."

Isomorphic Labs

Hassabis steps back from DeepMind CEO role as Jeff Dean leaves Google

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Isomorphic Labs

Hassabis steps back from DeepMind CEO role as Jeff Dean leaves Google

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Every day.