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Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic

Koray Kavukcuoglu has been appointed CEO of Google DeepMind, inheriting the challenge of keeping Google's Gemini AI models competitive with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. The leadership change comes as Google intensifies its efforts to close the gap in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

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Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic
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CNBC TechnologyKoray Kavukcuoglu is taking charge of Google DeepMindas it tries to keepGeminicompetitive withOpenAIandAnthropic.Get AI news in your inbox

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Key Terms Explained #

Anthropic

An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei.

DeepMind

A leading AI research lab, now part of Google.

Gemini

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

OpenAI

The AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper.

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