Google overhauls DeepMind leadership following Gemini performance struggles
Google has replaced DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and seen the departure of chief scientist Jeff Dean, who is launching a new lab called Discovery Loop. The leadership shift follows reports of internal struggles with Gemini 4 Pro and a strategic pivot prioritizing Google Cloud compute allocation over frontier model development.
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