Google's AI Empire Expands Amid Talent Exodus
Google's AI ambitions are expanding, but the company is also losing top talent. Chief scientist Jeff Dean announced his departure after 27 years at Google, while Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind to become chairman.
Hassabis will assume the role of chief scientist at Alphabet, focusing on longer-term research and societal implications of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
The departures come amid concerns about access to computing capacity. Researchers have grown frustrated over limited access to TPUs, which are crucial for training AI models.