DeepMind Leadership Reshuffle: Hassabis Becomes Alphabet Chief Scientist
Rare_Bunch4348 · reddit · 2026-08-06
Google announced a major leadership transition at Google DeepMind. Demis Hassabis will become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs to focus on advancing AGI and accelerating scientific discovery.
Meanwhile, Koray KKavukcuoglu has been appointed SVP of Google DeepMind, overseeing model development, AI research, and the Gemini product teams. A 13-year veteran, Koray played pivotal roles in foundational breakthroughs like DQN and WaveNet.
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