Google Shifts AI Power to California in Race Against Anthropic, OpenAI

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is concentrating its artificial intelligence leadership at its Mountain View, California, headquarters to gain momentum in the accelerating race against Anthropic and OpenAI to build the world’s dominant AI models.

By Julia Love, Shirin Ghaffary, Mark Bergen and Davey Alba

Google Shakes Up A.I. Leadership

Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the company’s A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.

By Kate Conger and Cade Metz

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis steps down to become chair

The London-based AI lab will be subsumed into parent company Alphabet

Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down

Two senior engineers also leaving company to launch startup amid fears Google is falling behind in AI race Sir Demis Hassabis is stepping down as chief executive of Google DeepMind, in a leadership overhaul of the UK-based AI research lab. Hassabis, a Nobel prize recipient, is leaving his main managerial role to become chair of DeepMind – as well as taking on the new position of chief scientist at Alphabet, which is also Google’s parent company. DeepMind will now be led by Koray Kavukcuoglu, ...

By Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Google chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving in AI reshuffle after 27 years at company

Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday.

Alphabet’s stock drops as Google loses another key AI executive

Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist and one of its company’s first employees, is leaving to launch his own company.

By William Gavin

Meta to take on Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex with new coding agent

Meta announced a new coding agent, Muse Code, that will be priced lower than its competitors at Anthropic and OpenAI. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Meta announced a new coding agent called Muse Code that's made to handle software engineering tasks. It's Meta's answer to other popular coding agents, such as Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex. Meta said Muse Code is intended to be a lower-cost alternative to other agents. Meta is entering the coding wars with a new agent aim...

Kim Min-jae treats Bayern Munich teammates to ‘special Korean meal’

The Bayern squad got a taste of Korean culture, quite literally.

Google AI chief Demis Hassabis becomes Alphabet chief scientist in leadership shakeup

Google AI veterans depart during seismic leadership shift

The split casts doubt over leadership of a critical area in growth right as competition intensifies.

Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind chief shifts role

Demis Hassabis, a Nobel Prize recipient, will take the newly created title of Alphabet’s chief scientist and transition from being Google DeepMind CEO to being its chairman

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Google's Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean Exits After 27 Years, Alphabet Shares Slide

Google's Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean Exits After 27 Years, Alphabet Shares Slide Alphabet shares slid after The Wall Street Journal reported that Jeff Dean, one of Google's earliest employees and a key figure in its AI strategy (co-founder of Google Brain), is departing after nearly three decades to launch his own AI company. The exit raises fresh concerns about Google's ability to retain top researchers as competition for AI experts intensifies.  Dean was Google's 30th employe...

By Tyler Durden

Sir Demis Hassabis: Who is the new mastermind behind Google’s AI division?

Google is placing its AI future in the hands of Nobel Prize winner Sir Demis Hassabis after losing several top researchers in recent years The post Sir Demis Hassabis: Who is the new mastermind behind Google’s AI division? appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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