some concerning elements about DeepMind and Demis Hassabis stepdown: - gemini 3.5 pro has missed three release deadlines - engineers pushing 60-hour weeks and burning out - first frontier lab union drive, triggered by the pentagon deal and the quotes about demis are rough: "i can't say that i've ever seen demis walk around the office in the gemini area" "demis isn't a very inspiring leader... certainly not the way people talk about dario" sergey brin came out of retirement and was apparently more hands-on than the actual ceo source: Fortune