4 outlets·7 reports
Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO may weaken the UK tech scene, marking an end for Hassabis' effort to keep his native UK as an AI stronghold (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company as chairman and chief scientist for Alphabet. Koray Kavukcuoglu, the unit’s chief AI architect and CTO, will take over most of Hassabis’s responsibilities.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down
- TechMeme·Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman and chief scientist for Alphabet (Ina Fried/Axios)
- TechMeme·Google says Chief AI Architect and Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will be taking over most of Demis Hassabis's responsibilities (Bloomberg)
- Engadget·Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company
- Ars Technica·Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart
- TechMeme·Sources: Demis Hassabis had been drifting away from day-to-day duties as Google DeepMind CEO for at least a year and struggled to find satisfaction in the role (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
- TechMeme·Demis Hassabis stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO may weaken the UK tech scene, marking an end for Hassabis' effort to keep his native UK as an AI stronghold (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
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