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Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate, will take the newly-created title of Alphabet\u2019s chief scientist and transition from \u200cbeing Google DeepMind CEO to being its chairman. File
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Google parent company Alphabet on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) announced a leadership overhaul of its AI division, with AI chief Demis Hassabis leaving his main managerial role and several \u200cleaders of its Gemini model, including veteran engineer Jeff Dean, departing the company. The shakeup comes during a pivotal \u200bjuncture for Google DeepMind: the flagship version of its latest Gemini model remains unreleased despite a planned June launch, \u2060sparking investor and industry concerns that Google is falling behind its rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, each of which scooped up a star Google AI staffer this summer.<\/p>\n
Shares of Alphabet fell 4% after the news. Mr. Hassabis, a Nobel Prize recipient, will take the newly-created title of Alphabet\u2019s chief scientist and transition from \u200cbeing Google DeepMind CEO to being its chairman, he said in a memo to staff. He cited the closeness of artificial general intelligence (AGI), an advanced state of AI in which computers in essence become as smart as humans, as \u200cthe impetus for his role change.<\/p>\n
\u201c[And] I have been long discussing a role that allows him to put his \u200cfull \u2060attention on actively shaping the future of AGI,\u201d Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai said in a separate companywide memo. \u201cIt\u2019s work \u2060that is vitally important to Alphabet and humanity, and I can\u2019t imagine a better person than Demis to do it.\u201d Koray Kavukcuoglu, the unit\u2019s chief technology officer, will assume day-to-day responsibilities. He will hold the title of senior vice-president, rather than CEO, of the business unit, in addition to his parallel role as Alphabet\u2019s chief AI \u200barchitect.<\/p>\n