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

810 points · 862 comments · colesantiago

ra7 · 1785947940 · focus · HN ↗
It seems like the real news is Jeff and Sanjay are leaving Google, and Demis is effectively replacing Jeff as Chief Scientist for all of Alphabet.
The bigger deal is the departure of Jeff and Sanjay, rather than Demis moving into a different role.
1. weatherlite · 1786003518 · focus · HN ↗
  > as Chief Scientist for all of Alphabet
  IS that a promotion or demotion ?
  1. anvuong · 1786036378 · focus · HN ↗
    Alphabet is only a holding company. I wonder what kind of authority he has over scientists at Google, Waymo, Deepmind, etc. Probably close to none, so a huge demotion in everything but in title and compensation.

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