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  "title": "Google is moving its AI safety team out of DeepMind and into its lobbying arm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/google-is-moving-its-ai-safety-team-out-of-deepmind-and-into-its",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T13:41:46.000Z",
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    "url": "https://qz.com/google-ai-responsibility-team-deepmind-global-affairs-082726"
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  "summary": "The roughly 90-person unit will join Google's global affairs organization, which handles lobbying and public policy, starting in September",
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        "title": "Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person \"AI responsibility\" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/internal-email-google-is-moving-deepminds-90-person-ai-responsibility",
        "published": "2026-08-26T22:05:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PYMNTS",
        "title": "Google Shifts AI Safety Unit out of DeepMind Lab to Global Affairs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/google-shifts-ai-safety-unit-out-of-deepmind-lab-to-global-affairs",
        "published": "2026-08-26T23:43:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Google moves AI-risk team out of DeepMind amid broader restructuring - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/google-moves-ai-risk-team-out-of-deepmind-amid-broader-restructuring",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:02:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Google DeepMind is losing its grip on elite AI talent, new data shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/google-deepmind-is-losing-its-grip-on-elite-ai-talent-new-data-shows",
        "published": "2026-08-27T07:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google launches a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, keeping external evaluations in a cryptographic \"box\" to stop benchmark contamination and protect IP (Google DeepMind)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/google-launches-a-pilot-of-double-blind-ai-evaluations-keeping",
        "published": "2026-08-27T15:55:43.000Z"
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