Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis steps aside in shake-up of AI lab

the $200 billion man. Google sunk 4% yesterday, nearly $200 billion in equity value on the announcement that Sir Demis will be taking an operational step back, moving from DeepMind CEO to chair to allow time and space to focus on the big picture. Clearly more time in bio.And then to make matters worse, Jeff Dean, Deep Mind chief scientist, announced that he's leaving to start Discovery Loop, which we're building AI to run experiments at unprecedented scale and to solve the biggest bottlenecks in science and ...