Alex Heath(@alexeheath):Inside Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis leaving his CEO post landed with essentially a shrug. Sources tell me he's already been disengaged from day-to-day management for a while now. But he was a firewall between DeepMind and the rest of Google, even as the two got pulled closer over the last couple of years. I expect that distance to dissolve more with him stepping back.

2026.08.06 03:57

Inside Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis leaving his CEO post landed with essentially a shrug. Sources tell me he's already been disengaged from day-to-day management for a while now. But he was a firewall between DeepMind and the rest of Google, even as the two got pulled closer over the last couple of years. I expect that distance to dissolve more with him stepping back.