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Google’s AI brain drain continues.
Demis Hassabis, the now former CEO of Google DeepMind, during an interview in 2026.
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Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart
Google's AI brain drain continues.
TL;DRAI
Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO; four senior researchers—Jeff Dean, Quoc Le, Ghemawat, Vinyals—depart to launch Discovery Loop. The departures expose Google's AI stalling as Gemini lags behind OpenAI and Anthropic, impacting competitive advantage.
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