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Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

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Demis Hassabis, DeepMind's founder and CEO, is stepping back from day-to-day leadership to take on a broader oversight role at Alphabet. Per Ars Technica, Hassabis announced the move while predicting that artificial general intelligence — human-level AI — is approaching, noting he's devoted his career to that goal.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/googles-ai-shakeu...

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