Jeff Dean Leaves Google After 27 Years For AI Startup

This Week In AI: Google loses its brightest minds, and Gemini is still a good boy (in bad way)

There is never a dull week in the world of AI. This time the company that hogged all the limelight was Google, but for reasons that almost seemed existentialist threats to the search giant.

Jeff Dean Leaves Google After 27 Years For AI Startup

Jeff Dean and three senior Google AI researchers are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, a startup aimed at automating scientific research using AI.

Google's AI Leadership Overhaul: Demis Hassabis Steps Back as DeepMind Trails Rivals

Google just shook up its artificial intelligence command structure. Demis Hassabis no longer runs Google DeepMind day to day. He now serves as chairman of the lab and chief scientist for Alphabet. Koray Kavukcuoglu assumes responsibility for all AI model development. Jeff Dean, Google’s longtime chief scientist, exits to launch his own startup focused on AI discovery. The moves come as competitors pull ahead. Models from OpenAI and Anthropic out…

Why Jeff Dean’s Google Departure Matters to the AI Industry

Jeff Dean’s departure from Google has sent a noticeable shock through the company and the broader technology industry. For many employees, engineers and longtime observers of Silicon Valley, Dean was more than a senior executive. He represented a generation of Google’s engineering culture, one built around ambitious infrastructure, enormous scale and a willingness to solve […] The post Why Jeff Dean’s Google Departure Matters to the AI Industry …