Google's chief scientist is leaving after 27 years to launch an AI startup, adding to a growing wave of Big Tech departures reshaping AI and

Top AI researchers leave Google DeepMind for OpenAI and Anthropic. Anthropic has 93.5% YES for best AI model by August 2026.

Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals also departing

Google's AI division sees a significant leadership overhaul and key departures. Demis Hassabis moves to chief scientist while Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over daily operations.…

Some of Google’s top researchers are leaving as well.

Google's AI brain drain continues.