Google is reshuffling its AI leadership, with Demis Hassabis moving to chair Google DeepMind and serve as Alphabet's chief scientist. Koray Kavukcuoglu, formerly DeepMind's CTO, will take over as Google's SVP of DeepMind while retaining his role as chief AI architect.
Background
Google DeepMind has been a leading force in AI research since its acquisition by Google in 2014. Demis Hassabis has been its CEO since 2019, overseeing major breakthroughs including AlphaFold and Gemini.
- Source
- The Verge
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10