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Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
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Google’s AI head Demis Hassabis is leaving his role to become the Google DeepMind chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist.
Google’s AI head Demis Hassabis is leaving his role to become the Google DeepMind chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist.
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Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis.
Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will continue to lead Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs, which aims to use AI to develop drugs. Koray Kavukcuoglu, formerly DeepMind’s CTO, is stepping up to become Google’s SVP of DeepMind and will report to Pichai. Kavukcuoglu will remain Google’s chief AI architect as well.
“As you’ve heard me say many times, I’ve always believed the No.1 application of AI should be to improve human health,” Hassabis says in a message to staff. “It’s time for AI to prove its unequivocal value to the world, and what better way to demonstrate that than to help finally cure diseases like cancer.” Hassabis says he will “continue to work closely with Sundar on strategic and global AGI matters” and to advise Kavukcuoglu and other DeepMind leads.