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Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit

Google is dismantling its DeepMind AI lab, with founder Demis Hassabis expected to leave in the coming months and researcher Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over day-to-day operations without the CEO title. All Gemini development is moving to the Bay Area, as Google struggles with training frontier models despite its cloud business generating billions.

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Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit
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The Decoder Google Deepmind is losing its autonomy, and founder Demis Hassabis may leave the AI lab for good in the coming months. AI researcher Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over day-to-day operations without the CEO title, and all Gemini development is moving to the Bay Area. Internally, Google is apparently struggling with serious problems training frontier models, even as its cloud business generates billions. The question is whether the company is deliberately betting on infrastructure or simply can't catch the leaders.

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Key Terms Explained #

Decoder The part of a neural network that generates output from an internal representation.

DeepMind A leading AI research lab, now part of Google.

Gemini Google's flagship multimodal AI model family, developed by Google DeepMind.

Training The process of teaching an AI model by exposing it to data and adjusting its parameters to minimize errors.

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