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Frontier Labs

Google's new AI chief has one job: close the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic

Demis Hassabis steps aside as DeepMind boss. His replacement, Koray Kavukcuoglu, takes the wheel at a company that analysts say has fallen behind in the race for the most powerful AI models.

4 min read
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Frontier Labs

Google's AI empire is growing. The researchers who built it keep leaving.

Jeff Dean exits after 27 years. Demis Hassabis steps back from day-to-day leadership. Every author of the 2017 paper that started the generative AI era has now left Google. Here is what is actually happening inside the world's most powerful AI company.

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AI Business

Google's AI Brain Drain: What the Leadership Shake-Up Actually Means

Several of Google's most prominent AI researchers have moved on, including computing legend Jeff Dean. Is this a sign of trouble, or something more complicated?

3 min read
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Policy

Google's Biggest AI Reshuffle Signals a Culture Shift, Not Just a Org Chart Tweak

Jeff Dean is leaving after 27 years, Demis Hassabis is stepping back from day-to-day leadership, and insiders say a Pentagon contract may be at the root of it all.

4 min read
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Frontier Labs

Google reshuffles its AI leadership: Demis Hassabis moves to chief scientist, Jeff Dean departs

The man who built DeepMind steps back from day-to-day operations to focus on drug discovery and big-picture AI strategy, while a longtime Google engineer leaves to start a new science-focused AI company.

3 min read
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Policy

Google DeepMind's Boss Wants a U.S. Government-Backed Body to Vet AI Before It Ships

Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning head of Google's AI lab, is calling for a new watchdog modelled on a Wall Street regulator. Industry would foot the bill, but Washington would set the rules.

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Policy

Google DeepMind's CEO Wants a FINRA-Style Watchdog for the Most Powerful AI Models

Demis Hassabis has proposed an independent standards body that would review frontier AI models before they reach the public. Here is what he is calling for, and why it matters.

3 min read
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Policy

Google DeepMind's Boss Wants a Global AI Watchdog Before the Technology Gets Away From Us

Demis Hassabis is quietly lobbying governments and rival labs to create an independent body that could pause AI development if things go wrong. He thinks it needs to exist before the end of 2025.

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