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Alphabet Names Demis Hassabis as First Chief Scientist
Google DeepMind co-founder takes new parent company role as AI leadership reshuffles to streamline operations.
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Alphabet has appointed DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its first Chief Scientist [1][2]. In this new role, Hassabis will oversee the broad artificial intelligence strategy for the parent company [1]. The move comes as Google reshuffles its AI leadership to streamline operations and improve research efficiency [1][2].
Koray Kavukcuoglu has been named Senior Vice President of Research to manage Google DeepMind's day-to-day operations [1]. This leadership transition allows Hassabis to focus on high-level integration across Alphabet’s various divisions [2]. Industry analysts suggest the reorganization reflects a push to consolidate AI development pipelines [3].
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