Google Merges DeepMind into Its R&D Fold, Koray Kavukcuoglu Takes the Helm

DeepMind's transformation into Google's in-house model R&D department continues as the company reassigned multiple teams under its corporate reporting hierarchy. This move comes after a leadership reshuffle at DeepMind, with Demis Hassabis stepping down and Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over.

The non-technical teams affected by this change will report directly to Google, while research teams remain in DeepMind. However, the exact teams relocated have not been disclosed by Google, leaving employees with unanswered questions about their future roles and project allocations.

Meanwhile, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, has re-engaged in the power center of AI at the company. He has been urging core AI employees to catch up with cutting-edge models and pushing resources towards specific technical directions, including 'recursive self-improvement.'