{"slug": "big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on", "title": "Big changes for Google AI as Hassabis, Dean move on", "summary": "Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, is stepping down to become chairman of the AI lab and chief scientist at Alphabet, while Koray Kavukcuoglu, currently CTO at DeepMind, will lead the unit and report directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, according to a blog post by Pichai. The leadership changes raise questions about the future direction of Google's AI strategy.", "body_md": "Two of the most prominent architects of Google's AI strategy over the last decade are stepping down from their posts, leaving big shoes to fill and raising questions about the future direction of that strategy.\n\n[Demis Hassabis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/demishassabis/?ref=thestack.technology), the CEO of GoogleDeepMind, is leaving that executive role to become chairman of the AI lab and chief scientist at Alphabet, Google CEO Sundar Pichai [said in a blog post](https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/?ref=thestack.technology). [Koray Kavukcuoglu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/koray-kavukcuoglu-0439a720/?ref=thestack.technology), currently chief technology officer at GDM, will become the new leader of that unit and report directly to Pichai.\n\n## Get the full story: Subscribe for free\n\nJoin peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events.\n\n[Subscribe now](https://www.thestack.technology/membership/)\n\nAlready a member? [Sign in](https://www.thestack.technology/signin/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on", "canonical_source": "https://www.thestack.technology/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on/", "published_at": "2026-08-05 18:47:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-05 19:07:50.356094+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Demis Hassabis", "Google DeepMind", "Alphabet", "Koray Kavukcuoglu", "Sundar Pichai", "Google"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/big-changes-for-google-ai-as-hassabis-dean-move-on.jsonld"}}