SynopsisGoogle DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis stepped down from that role on Wednesday to become its chairman. DeepMind chief technology officer Koray Kavukcuoglu has been elevated to senior vice president to lead the AI research lab. He will oversee the development of Gemini models, frontier AI research and the Gemini app and report directly to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.Google DeepMind’s latest leadership shakeup is its biggest restructuring since Google Brain merged into DeepMind and is aimed at helping the company get ahead in the AI race as pressure mounts and competition intensifies, say industry experts.Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis stepped down from that role on Wednesday to become its chairman. DeepMind chief technology officer Koray Kavukcuoglu has been elevated to senior vice presidentNow Playing