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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

A handful of high-level personnel changes are coming to DeepMind.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, is stepping down and transitioning to chairman of the organization. He will continue to lead Isomorphic Labs, an AI-driven pharmaceutical spinoff. Hassabis, one of the co-founders of DeepMind, has been the CEO since 2010. He will also assume the role of chief scientist at Google's parent company, Alphabet. This marks a pivotal moment for DeepMind as it focuses on advancing its Gemini models and frontier AI research.

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