Demis Hassabis is moving from CEO to Chairman at Google DeepMind

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Published Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · 2:16 PM EDT

Demis Hassabis is shedding his CEO title at DeepMind to take on a broader AI research role at Alphabet, Google's parent company. Hassabis, one of the pioneers of modern AI, will become chief scientist of Alphabet and chair of Google DeepMind. He said in a memo to colleagues that he decided to hand over his day-to-day operational responsibilities at GDM to focus on the big picture and help influence what is to come. The change to Hassabis's role is the biggest part of Google's leadership shakeup on Wednesday.

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