Demis Hassabis

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AI & Tech

Trump, Johnson Say AI Industry Overreacts

Tech leaders including Sam Altman and Elon Musk have urged a temporary pause on AI development to address safety concerns.…

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Digital Marketing

King Charles Hosts AI Summit With Huang and Hassabis

King Charles III is hosting a private summit at Dumfries House for approximately 30 senior AI leaders to facilitate neutral…

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AI & Tech

Barret Zoph Returns to Google After 6 Years, 2 Startups

Barret Zoph returns to Google DeepMind as vice president of research, following a major leadership transition where Demis Hassabis stepped…

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AI & Tech

Is Google Falling Behind in the AI Race?

Google's leadership shakeup at DeepMind, with Jeff Dean departing and Demis Hassabis moving to a chairman role, has sparked debate…

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AI & Tech

Google AI shake-up: What’s driving the overhaul

Google’s AI division saw major leadership changes this week, with notable figures like Jeff Dean leaving the company, raising questions…

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Artificial Intelligence

Google reshuffles leadership: Jeff Dean out, Demis Hassabis shifts role

Jeff Dean, a foundational Google engineer for 27 years, is leaving to found Discover Loop, an AI startup focused on…

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AI & Tech

Google’s AI shakeup: The messy politics driving it

Google announced its largest AI organizational overhaul, presenting a unified public front focused on future success, but the executive reshuffling…

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AI & Tech

Google eyes $1.5B deal for 35-person AI coding startup

Google is in advanced talks to acquire talent and technology from Mechanize, a 35-person AI startup, in a deal valued…

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Artificial Intelligence

Google engineer behind search and modern AI departs

Demis Hassabis is promoted to Alphabet's Chief Scientist and Chair of Google DeepMind, while Koray Kavukcuoglu becomes Senior VP of…

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AI & Tech

Google shakes up top AI leadership in major reshuffle

Demis Hassabis becomes chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet, while retaining leadership of Isomorphic Labs for AI-driven…

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AI & Tech

Gemini 4 gets new leader as both co-leads exit same day

Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving Google to co-found Discovery Loop, but the venture’s four founders include two Gemini…

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Artificial Intelligence

Google AI shakeup: DeepMind’s Hassabis exits, top scientists leave

Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, is stepping back from daily management to take an oversight role at Alphabet, while Koray…

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Artificial Intelligence

Google’s Gemini Now Powers a Walking Humanoid Robot

Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 is a new AI model that enables walking humanoid robots to autonomously perform complex tasks…

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Artificial Intelligence

DeepMind researcher quits over Google’s military AI contract

A Google DeepMind researcher, Alex Turner, resigned over the company's contract with the Pentagon for classified military AI use, citing…

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AI & Tech

STEM degree boosts AI skills tenfold, says Hassabis

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, stated that STEM degrees and software engineering fundamentals remain critical for leveraging AI tools,…

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AI & Tech

Quantum Machine Breakthrough and Record Subsea Tunnel

Meta is being sued for allegedly using AI to target employees on maternity or disability leave for layoffs as part…

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AI & Tech

Google’s Hassabis calls for US-led global AI watchdog

Demis Hassabis proposes a global AI watchdog, led by the US, with the authority to pause the release of dangerously…

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Artificial Intelligence

Macron and Modi court tech CEOs in AI infrastructure push

French President Macron and Indian PM Modi are personally securing massive AI data center investments from tech CEOs, with Macron…

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AI & Tech

DeepMind CEO: Google still winning AI talent war

Demis Hassabis defended Google DeepMind's ability to retain top AI talent, asserting the company has the "broadest research bench" and…

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AI & Tech

AI researchers keep leaving Google for rivals

Two top AI researchers who worked on Google's Gemini model, Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, are leaving for rival Anthropic,…

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