Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership

The Verge
Google announced significant AI leadership changes, naming Demis Hassabis as chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist at Alphabet.

Summary

Google has announced major changes to its top AI leadership, highlighted by Demis Hassabis transitioning to become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet. Hassabis will also continue leading Isomorphic Labs. Koray Kavukcuoglu is stepping up as Google's SVP of DeepMind and will report directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. Additionally, veteran Googler Jeff Dean and Google Fellow Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving to establish an AI-focused public benefit corporation named Discovery Loop, with Google participating as a founding investor.

(Source:The Verge)