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Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

810 points · 862 comments · colesantiago

  1. hypnodrones · · focus · HN ↗
    Today I saw one of the most talented engineers I know and worked with leave DeepMind and now I probably know part of the "why". Dark clouds hovering over Google's AI game.
    1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
      I’m wondering if they just don’t believe that there is a good business model to be made as a frontier AI lab

      Edit: hmm, no, they seem to be mentioning AGI and frontier models in <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.google&#x2F;company-news&#x2F;inside-google&#x2F;message-ceo&#x2F;next-chapter-ai-momentum&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.google&#x2F;company-news&#x2F;inside-google&#x2F;message-ceo&#x2F;n...

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