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. Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic Source: CNBC Technology https://www.cnbc.com/technology/ Koray Kavukcuoglu is taking charge of Google DeepMind /glossary/deepmind as it tries to keep Gemini /glossary/gemini competitive with OpenAI /glossary/openai and Anthropic /glossary/anthropic .Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. 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.