Opinion: Demis Hassabis’ new role exposes Google’s AI balancing act

Demis Hassabis’ new role highlights the tension between his scientific ambitions and Google’s pressure to commercialize and scale AI.

Google Names Nobel Laurate Demis Hassabis To New AI Role In Leadership Shake-Up

AI chief 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

Google AI shake-up puts Greek Cypriot Hassabis in top science role

Google parent Alphabet has overhauled the leadership of its artificial intelligence operations, moving Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis from the day-to-day running of Google DeepMind into a newly created group-wide science role, while four senior figures behind Gemini leave to launch their own company. The changes come at a sensitive time for Google, with the most […]

Futures Flat As Tech Slides After Memory Stocks, Korea Tumble

Futures Flat As Tech Slides After Memory Stocks, Korea Tumble US futures are mixed with S&P futures modestly higher offset by a slide in tech: as of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1% while Nasdaq futures drop 0.5%, hit by a plunge in Sandisk (down 9% in pre-market), and rival Western Digital which tumbled 15%, after both companies reported earnings. AppLovin also slumped 16% after missing revenue estimates while DataDog tumbled as much as 18% after guidance wasn't strong enough...

By Tyler Durden

DeepMind to be led by Turk as Google shakes up AI division

Turkish-born Koray Kavukçuoğlu, a long-term Google tech executive and artificial intelligence researcher, will assume a leading role at the tech giant's DeepMind division, tak...