{"slug": "google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the", "title": "Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n\nGoogle [Deepmind](/glossary/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](/glossary/gemini) development is moving to the Bay Area. Internally, Google is apparently struggling with serious problems [training](/glossary/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.\n\nThe article [Google dismantles Deepmind and bets on a fresh start as Hassabis heads for the exit](https://the-decoder.com/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the-exit/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\n## Key Terms Explained\n\n[Decoder](/glossary/decoder)\n\nThe part of a neural network that generates output from an internal representation.\n\n[DeepMind](/glossary/deepmind)\n\nA leading AI research lab, now part of Google.\n\n[Gemini](/glossary/gemini)\n\nGoogle's flagship multimodal AI model family, developed by Google DeepMind.\n\n[Training](/glossary/training)\n\nThe process of teaching an AI model by exposing it to data and adjusting its parameters to minimize errors.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hass-tu0o", "published_at": "2026-08-09 08:56:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 12:31:16.134755+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google", "DeepMind", "Demis Hassabis", "Koray Kavukcuoglu", "Gemini"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-dismantles-deepmind-and-bets-on-a-fresh-start-as-hassabis-heads-for-the.jsonld"}}