Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person "AI responsibility" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)

Google is transferring DeepMind’s roughly 90-person “AI responsibility” team, which evaluates AI risks and societal impacts, into its Global Affairs division. The move centralizes oversight of ethical and policy work under a single corporate unit, signaling tighter integration of AI safety initiatives with Google’s broader public-policy strategy.