{"id":14877,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:34","slug":"googles-ai-shake-up-deepminds-hassabis-steps-aside-senior-scientists-depart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14877","title":{"rendered":"Google’s AI shake-up: DeepMind’s Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Ryan Whitwam
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\nAugust 5, 2026\n<\/div>\n\n

Google got a slow start with generative AI after seemingly being caught flat-footed<\/a> by Microsoft’s Copilot reveal. What a difference a few years make. Now, Google is at the forefront of AI development (for better or worse), but new cracks are beginning to show. The company’s string of high-profile personnel departures continues, and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has now said he will hand off day-to-day responsibilities<\/a> to take on an oversight role at parent company Alphabet.<\/p>\n

Hassabis was one of the founders of DeepMind, and he maintained a key leadership role after Google acquired it. As the generative AI boom took off, Hassabis has been one of the loudest voices<\/a> predicting the impending creation of artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is typically described as an AI with human-like capabilities and intelligence.<\/p>\n

In his memo announcing his decision to leave DeepMind, Hassabis again leans on the promise of AGI. “I’ve been working towards AGI my whole life and now, like many of you, I feel it is close at hand,” said Hassabis.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Whitwam • August 5, 2026 Google got a slow start with generative AI after seemingly being caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s Copilot reveal. What a difference a few years make. Now, Google is at the forefront of AI development (for better or worse), but new cracks are beginning to show. The company’s string of high-profile<\/p>\n

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