Brin urged DeepMind on recursive self-improvement; Hassabis hands daily control to Kavukcuoglu
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-09-13
A viral "Google recursive self-improvement breakthrough" rumor traces back to a weeks-old report: Sergey Brin, reacting to advances from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI, directly pushed DeepMind researchers to move aggressively on Gemini and RSI. Meanwhile Demis Hassabis has stepped back from operational duties into a broader chair role, handing daily oversight and final decision-making at DeepMind to Google's chief AI architect Koray Kavukcuoglu. The author notes every lab is working on RSI — old news recycled as something new.
Related event: Google RSI Breakthrough Rumors Trace Back to Brin's Earlier Push(4 posts)→
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