Demis Hassabis Steps Down as Google DeepMind CEO
Demis Hassabis is becoming Alphabet's chief scientist and DeepMind's chairman, handing daily operations to Koray Kavukcuoglu as veteran researcher Jeff Dean also departs.
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Google DeepMind is Google’s artificial-intelligence research lab, formed from the merger of DeepMind and Google Brain. It is known for breakthroughs such as AlphaGo and AlphaFold and for developing the Gemini model family. This hub gathers news and explainers about the lab’s research, model releases, and its role within Google’s wider AI strategy.
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Reimagine Robotics Launches Robots Trained by Demonstration
Reimagine Robotics, founded by former Google DeepMind Applied Robotics leaders, emerged from stealth with a platform that lets factory workers train robots by demonstration instead of code.
Read more →Google DeepMind Launches Gemini Robotics 2 for Whole-Body Control
Google DeepMind's new Gemini Robotics 2 models let humanoid robots coordinate full-body movement, plan multi-step tasks and work together, shown on Apptronik's Apollo 2.
Read more →Google DeepMind Launches Gemini Robotics ER 2 With Video Understanding
Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics ER 2, an embodied-reasoning model that lets robots parse live video, track task progress and coordinate with each other in real time.
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What Is Google DeepMind? The AI Lab Behind Gemini and AlphaFold
Google DeepMind is Alphabet's AI research lab — the team behind AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and the Gemini model family. Here's what it is and how it formed.
Read more →DeepMind CEO Hassabis Proposes FINRA-Style AI Watchdog
Demis Hassabis called for a US-led, industry-funded body to test frontier AI models before release, arguing AGI is now only a few years away.
Read more →Two More Senior Gemini Researchers Quit Google for Anthropic
Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel — both key figures in Gemini development and AlphaFold — are leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic, extending a six-day talent exodus that erased roughly $270 billion from Alphabet's market value.
Read more →Google DeepMind Invests $75M in A24 for AI Filmmaking Tools
Google DeepMind is investing $75 million in indie studio A24 to co-develop AI filmmaking tools — creators keep full control, and Google gets no access to A24's content library.
Read more →Google DeepMind Loses Two Landmark Researchers to Rivals
Nobel laureate John Jumper and transformer pioneer Noam Shazeer both left Google DeepMind within 48 hours, heading to Anthropic and OpenAI as Alphabet's stock fell over 5%.
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