Google's Frontier AI Ambitions Gutted As DeepMind's CEO Steps Down, Its Chief AI Scientist Leaves, And Its Coding Hopes Now Rest On A $1.5 Billion Deal With A Startup
… Now, just a few days after Google released the Gemini 3.6 Flash to middling reviews, the architect of Google's AI strategy over the past 15 years or so, Jeff Dean, is leaving to build an AGI-focused enterprise, while the incumbent CEO of DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, is stepping down from his apex role. …