- Demis Hassabis stepping back from day-to-day operations to chairman of Google DeepMind
- Hassabis takes on title of Alphabet chief scientist, replacing Jeff Dean (as reported)
- Koray Kavukcuoglu promoted to senior vice president at DeepMind, reporting to Sundar Pichai
- Hassabis splits time between AGI research and Isomorphic Labs (drug discovery)
- Mustafa Suleyman works on humanist superintelligence and A.I. safety frameworks outside Google
- Shane Legg focuses on technical AGI safety within DeepMind and recruitment
- Abolishing a standalone CEO role suggests centralized reporting to Alphabet leadership
- Promotions and role changes affect research and applied priorities at DeepMind
- May influence how Gemini and related efforts are managed across Google and Alphabet
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