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

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paulpan · 1785949590 · focus · HN ↗
Hugely disappointing and shocking news. Demis seemed like the inevitable successor to Sundar. A move of this magnitude couldn't have been made without consent of Larry and Sergey, so it makes me wonder why from their perspective.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion: Google would greatly benefit from this AI bubble to pop and take down OpenAI and Anthropic.
1. fsuts · 1785997089 · focus · HN ↗
  “Demis seemed like the inevitable successor to Sundar.”
  Demis is a ai researcher. No indications of being a polyglot beyond that? Running alphabet means a focus on revenue growth and across more boring products.

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