Google loses two AI icons as Hassabis shifts to chair and Dean exits
google demoted demis hassabis to chief scientist while jeff dean departed to start a pbc. this creates a risky power vacuum just as google deepmind seeks to lead agi development.
alphabet ceo sundar pichai reorganized google’s ai leadership, shifting demis hassabis from deepmind ceo to the roles of alphabet chief scientist and deepmind chair. koray kavukcuoglu, former cto, was promoted to svp of deepmind and chief ai architect, reporting directly to pichai. concurrently, google veteran jeff dean and fellow sanjay ghemawat resigned to launch discovery loop, an ai public benefit corporation focused on scientific discovery. google is a founding investor in the new entity. this restructuring centralizes technical reporting under kavukcuoglu while allowing hassabis to focus on isomorphic labs and agi strategy.