{
  "id": 309382,
  "title": "Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/google-deepmind-enters-a-new-era-as-co-founder-demis-hassabis-shifts-309382",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-08T12:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/google-demis-hassabis-deepmind-shifts-role"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind, the AI unit of Google's parent company Alphabet. He will become chair of DeepMind and take on the role of chief scientist at Alphabet. According to Computerworld, Hassabis will focus on shaping the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI).\n\nHassabis' new role will enable him to concentrate on AGI, which Google defines as a machine that can understand or learn any intellectual task that a human being can. He has been a strong promoter of AGI and has predicted that it will be a viable technology within three years.\n\nKoray Kavukcuoglu, currently DeepMind's CTO, will take over as CEO, reporting directly to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Hassabis will also continue to lead research at Google spin-off Isomorphic Labs, which works on drug discovery. Some observers have expressed concern that DeepMind has lost its independence, with commercial reality taking over.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/google-deepmind-enters-a-new-era-as-co-founder-demis-hassabis-shifts",
        "published": "2026-08-08T12:00:45.000Z"
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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."
}