Google chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving in AI reshuffle
Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years. Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, is moving into a chairman role of that unit and also assuming the title chief scientist of parent company Alphabet, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai that was posted to Google's blog. Alpahbet shares fell 5% after the announcement.Dean, a pioneer in artificial intelligence who's been credited with some of Google's most important technical breakthroughs, is starting his own company along with Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat, the post said.
- ▪Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years.
- ▪Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, is moving into a chairman role of that unit and also assuming the title chief scientist of parent company Alphabet, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai that was posted to Google's blog.
- ▪Alpahbet shares fell 5% after the announcement.Dean, a pioneer in artificial intelligence who's been credited with some of Google's most important technical breakthroughs, is starting his own company along with Google senior fellow Sanjay G
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- ▪ Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup — TechCrunch
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Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years. Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, is moving into a chairman role of that unit and also assuming the title chief scientist of parent company Alphabet, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai that was posted to Google's blog. Alpahbet shares fell 5% after the announcement.Dean, a pioneer in artificial intelligence who's been credited with some of Google's most important technical breakthroughs, is starting his own company along with Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat, the post said. The departure is on friendly terms and Google will invest in his startup, a representative said.
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