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

842 points · 911 comments · colesantiago

  1. xtreak29 · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;JeffDean&#x2F;status&#x2F;2085034604172603724" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;JeffDean&#x2F;status&#x2F;2085034604172603724

    &gt; Announcing Discovery Loop!

    &gt; I am very excited to announce that, along with my longtime friends and collaborators @Sanjay_Ghemawat, @OriolVinyalsML and @quocleix, we are founding Discovery Loop (@DiscoLoopAI), a Public Benefit Corporation whose mission is to automate machine learning, science, and engineering to accelerate discoveries and progress. The four of us have worked together for 14 to 30 years, and have helped build some of the world’s most used products, infrastructure and AI models, and we’re excited to turn our attention to this ambitious endeavor.

    1. throwaw12 · · focus · HN ↗
      Is Jeff also leaving Google?

      I am sure VCs are fighting to invest and they will get 4B investment immediately with this team

      1. tcp_handshaker · · focus · HN ↗
        Would love to hear the pitch: We never had the lead in AI and now definitely lost it, despite the gazillions dollars and engineering resources of Google, but now will be different?
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