Google AI Shake-up: Jeff Dean Exits to Found Startup, Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO
新智元 · wechat · 2026-08-06
Google DeepMind undergoes a landmark leadership transition: Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis steps down as CEO to become Chairman and Alphabet Chief Scientist, focusing on AGI strategy and disease-curing efforts at Isomorphic Labs. Day-to-day operations will be handled by veteran Koray Kavukcuoglu.
Meanwhile, Google's Chief Scientist Jeff Dean announces his departure after 27 years. He is co-founding DiscoveryLoop with top researchers including Sanjay Ghemawat. The public benefit company aims to build an automated "AI scientist" to accelerate scientific discovery. Despite a drop in Alphabet's stock, CEO Sundar Pichai is backing the venture with investment and compute resources, with its seed round already attracting top-tier Silicon Valley VCs.
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