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1. sidcool · 1785948281 · focus · HN ↗

   Sundar Pichai: @DemisHassabis is stepping up to become Chair of @GoogleDeepMind & Chief Scientist of Alphabet, in addition to leading @IsomorphicLabs.

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   So it&#x27;s not stepping down, right?

   1. atonse · 1785948556 · focus · HN ↗

      If it&#x27;s anything like what happened with others (like Eric Schmidt), Chairman is basically &quot;you&#x27;re out from day to day stuff but we&#x27;ll give you a pot of money to say you&#x27;re still senior and still here, to save face and the stock price, while you give a bunch of talks for the next few months&quot;

      So yes fancy title, but basically, someone who can move the stock price is quitting and we&#x27;re trying to ease the perception of it.

      1. reasonableklout · 1785948665 · focus · HN ↗

         But he&#x27;s not just Chairman, he&#x27;s taking the title of Chief Scientist. It sounds more like moving into an IC role.
      2. sidcool · 1785991542 · focus · HN ↗

         I feel likely Demis wants to focus on research and healthcare with AI. Gemini is under huge pressure to monetize. This seems like a good step.

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