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  "id": 184897,
  "title": "Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to be its chair and will add the title of Alphabet chief scientist; Hassabis says AGI is \"close at hand\" (Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/demis-hassabis-is-stepping-down-as-google-deepmind-ceo-to-be-its",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T16:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/05/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-ai"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/why-google-deepmind-broke-up-the-alphafold-team",
        "published": "2026-08-07T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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