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

820 points · 876 comments · colesantiago

xnx · 1785946651 · focus · HN ↗
> Lastly, after an incredible 27-year run, Jeff Dean is at a moment where he wants to try something new, and we’re excited to support him in that. Jeff and Google Senior Fellow Sanjay Ghemawat are launching an independent public benefit corporation to accelerate discoveries in ML, science, and engineering.
Oof. Good for Jeff and Sanjay (who just joined Twitter), bu that is a big loss for Google. Google stock is down 5%. It might not be much of an exaggeration to say these two are worth ~$200 billion.
1. Eueudhsbsj32 · 1785965002 · focus · HN ↗
  > It might not be much of an exaggeration to say these two are worth ~$200 billion.
  It think the vast majority is what the decision to leave says about the overall sentiment at Google, not the value of these two individuals.

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