Hassabis Steps Down As Google DeepMind Chief Amid Major AI Shift

Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down

Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO to become Alphabet's chief scientist; CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over as stock falls 4%. Exodus of veteran engineers to rival startups signals research momentum loss against Anthropic and OpenAI, critical for enterprise AI strategy decisions.