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Google AI leadership reshuffles as Jeff Dean exits amid model race pressure
Senior departures at Google DeepMind land as rival models from Anthropic and OpenAI keep setting the pace.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief5 min read
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Business
Google promotes Hassabis to Alphabet chief scientist in DeepMind reshuffle
Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over day-to-day AI leadership as Jeff Dean departs to launch a new AI research company backed by Google.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Models
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 controls humanoids across dexterous tasks
The updated model fuses a vision-language brain with two action models to run robots like Apptronik's Apollo 2 on real chores.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
UK AISI: open-weight models now trail closed AI on cyber by 4-7 months
GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4-Pro closed the cyber capability gap from 6-10 months to 4-7 months. Kimi K3 is next in line.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Hassabis proposes FINRA-style standards body to vet frontier AI models
The DeepMind CEO wants labs to submit models for review 30 days before release, starting voluntary and moving to mandatory.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Hassabis calls for US-led global AI watchdog with power to halt frontier models
The Google DeepMind CEO wants an industry-funded regulator running before the end of 2026, with authority to pause risky releases.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Business
Google DeepMind invests $75M in A24 to build AI filmmaking tools
The indie studio behind Marty Supreme and Backrooms will co-develop AI features with DeepMind, joining Netflix and Amazon MGM in Hollywood's AI race.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Models
Google shifts AI science strategy toward agentic research systems
AlphaFold co-creator John Jumper moved to coding as Google pivots from specialized tools to general-purpose AI scientists.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
Demis Hassabis says we're in the 'foothills of the singularity' at Google I/O
The Google DeepMind CEO closed I/O with a philosophical claim about AGI's arrival, months after saying we're 'nowhere near that.'
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Careers
Google's James Manyika says under 10% of occupations face full AI automation
The SVP and labor economist argues task automation far outpaces whole-job displacement — and predictions of 50% job loss are overblown.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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