Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced leadership changes, naming Demis Hassabis as Alphabet's Chief Scientist and Google DeepMind Chair, while Jeff Dean departs after 27 years to start a public benefit corporation.
Sir Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to become chair and Alphabet chief scientist. CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead DeepMind, while veteran engineers Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat depart to launch a startup.
Google DeepMind CTO Kavukcuoglu discusses AGI, the transition of AI from labs to products, and the future of AI competition. He emphasizes the importance of user experience and responsible AI integration, highlighting Gemini's role in Google's product ecosystem.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has urged DeepMind employees to prioritize developing AI agents capable of handling multi-step coding tasks, according to internal memos reported by The Information. The directive comes as Google races to close the gap with Anthropic's coding capabilities, with Brin explicitly stating the company must 'urgently bridge the gap in agentic execution and turn our models into primary developers' of code. The end goal is AI takeoff—AI systems that can improve themselves—which has been a particular focus for Brin.
