Google reshuffles DeepMind leadership, launches Discovery Loop AI spin‑off

Key Points

• Demis Hassabis becomes chair of DeepMind and Alphabet’s chief scientist, retaining leadership of Isomorphic Labs.
• Koray Kavukcuoglu promoted to senior vice president of DeepMind and continues as Google’s chief AI architect.
• Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat leave Google to create Discovery Loop, a public‑benefit AI corporation.
• Google will act as a founding investor in Discovery Loop, supporting its mission to accelerate scientific discovery.
• Leadership changes aim to tighten AI strategy and focus on health‑related applications.