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The Next Chapter of AI Momentum

·2026.08.07 09:00

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Google restructured the DeepMind organization and Demis Hassabis's role to accelerate AI development.

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Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced adjustments to the Google DeepMind organization and key leadership roles to accelerate AI development and focus on AGI and scientific research.

Demis Hassabis will now serve as the Head of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist at Alphabet, focusing on shaping the future of AGI. He will retain his role as CEO of Isomorphic Labs while advising Koray Kavukcuoglu and the Google DeepMind team on models and research broadly.

Google explained that the Gemini app has recorded over 950 million monthly active users, and Gemma model downloads have surpassed 900 million. They added that demand for Gemini Flash is high, the Cyber model has been launched, and recent progress has been made in Gemini Robotics research.

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