Hassabis Moves to Chair Role at DeepMind; CTO Kavukcuoglu Takes Over Daily Operations

Demis Hassabis is stepping aside as DeepMind CEO to become chair and Alphabet chief scientist, focusing on long-term AGI strategy. CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu now leads day-to-day operations. CEO Sundar Pichai told staff Google must move with urgency after perceived ground lost to OpenAI and Anthropic, rivals widely seen as faster-moving.