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Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

Covered by 7 sourcesPublished Aug 5, 2026

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced leadership changes at Google DeepMind, appointing Demis Hassabis as Chair and Chief Scientist of Alphabet to focus on AGI, and Koray Kavukcuoglu as SVP of Google DeepMind overseeing Gemini model development.

Covered by 7 sources

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