{
  "id": 369870,
  "title": "Sundar Pichai's letter to Google staff on AI leadership change: 'We'll keep moving'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/sundar-pichais-letter-to-google-staff-on-ai-leadership-change-well",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-09T10:32:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-in-email-to-employees-on-jeff-dean-leaving-after-27-years-and-demis-hassabis-new-role-with-these-changes-we-are-going-to-/articleshow/133065968.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed employees in a recent letter, revealing major leadership changes at Google DeepMind. Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind, will assume the role of Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, while Jeff Dean, who had been with the company for 27 years, will depart to launch an independent public benefit corporation. Pichai emphasized that these changes would help accelerate Google's AI innovation and support its AI roadmap. Google DeepMind's Chief Technology Officer, Koray Kavukcuoglu, will become SVP of Google DeepMind, overseeing Gemini model development and Frontier AI research.",
  "summary": "Google announced significant leadership changes within its DeepMind division. Demis Hassabis will now chair Google DeepMind and serve as Chief Scientist. Koray Kavukcuoglu steps up as Senior Vice President overseeing Gemini model development. Long-time employee Jeff Dean departs to launch a new public benefit corporation. These shifts aim to accelerate Google's artificial intelligence strategy…",
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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."
}