{
  "id": 189544,
  "title": "Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-is-stepping-down-but-will-remain",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-05T19:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Engadget",
    "slug": "engadget",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2231124/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-is-stepping-down-but-will-remain-with-the-company/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "A handful of high-level personnel changes are coming to DeepMind.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}