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

810 points · 862 comments · colesantiago

  1. segmondy · · focus · HN ↗
    End of an era for Alphabet.
    1. abirch · · focus · HN ↗
      I give it a 51% chance of Discovery Loop being acquired by Google
      1. aix1 · · focus · HN ↗
        I actually think there's a low probability of that.

        The four have so much influence within the company that they could have trivially set this up as part of Alphabet, if they wanted to. They are also ridiculously wealthy.

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