Demis Hassabis founded DeepMind and sold it to Google in 2014. In 2023, he was pushed into a central role when Google merged DeepMind with its AI efforts. This shift has placed Hassabis at a high level of responsibility within Google, leading over 6,000 personnel in AI initiatives. Despite his historical preference for academic-led AI development, he now manages the rapid growth of AI integration into commercial products. Observers note similarities between his rise and that of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, emphasizing the increasing stakes in AI competition against global rivals.
Hassabis now faces the pressures of pushing the frontiers of AI and also building it into Google's commercial products. He's wrangling a 6,000-plus team inside Google's AI engine room that has accrued increasingly more power and talent.
After years of trying to create more independence for DeepMind, Hassabis was thrust into the belly of the beast in 2023 when Google merged DeepMind with its internal AI efforts.
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