[Google AI Leadership Reshuffle: Hassabis Initially Planned to Leave with Jeff Dean, Persuaded to Stay Temporarily to Avoid Stock Crash] BlockBeats News, August 8 – According to industry insiders, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis originally planned to leave Google at the same time as Jeff Dean. However, Google’s management assessed that announcing both departures simultaneously could lead to a stock price crash. In fact, after only announcing the departure of Jeff Dean and others, Google’s stock price had already dropped by 5%. As a result, management persuaded Hassabis to transition to the role of Chairman of DeepMind temporarily, allowing the organization to stabilize before he exits in a more dignified manner. As Chairman, Hassabis can focus more on scientific pursuits and increase his involvement in Isomorphic Labs, the drug discovery company he founded under Alphabet. Current sources predict that Hassabis will fully leave Google within a year. Recently, Google’s AI leadership has undergone significant changes. DeepMind has a new CEO, and key figure Jeff Dean has departed, causing a simultaneous drop in stock price. Jeff Dean, one of Google’s earliest employees and a central figure in designing the company’s AI strategy over the past 15 years, will leave the company to become the CEO of a new nonprofit organization called Discovery Loop. Joining Dean in this new venture are senior Google employees Oriol Vinyals, Quoc Le, and Sanjay Ghemawat. Collectively, the four have driven significant advancements in mathematics and protein structure research and are among the most cited researchers globally. The departure of these talents, including Dean, has further exacerbated Google’s recent trend of losing AI talent. Meanwhile, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will transition to a new role, stepping down from daily operations to become Chairman of Google DeepMind while also serving as Alphabet’s Chief Scientist and continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Hassabis is one of the most prominent figures in the field of artificial intelligence. He co-founded DeepMind in 2010, which was acquired by Google in 2014, and has since led the team. Under his leadership, DeepMind has made significant advancements in foundational models, AI research, and scientific computing. The team has launched influential AI projects such as AlphaGo and AlphaFold, becoming a core force in Google’s AI strategy. For a detailed report, see 'Hassabis Steps Down, Jeff Dean Leaves to Start a New Venture, Google’s Morale is Shaken' [Original Article Link]