India, Aug. 5 -- Google, under Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) is making major changes to its AI leadership team. Longtime AI leader and chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving the company after 27 years to launch a new artificial intelligence startup, marking the end of one of the most influential careers in the company's history.
Dean, widely regarded as one of Google's foremost AI pioneers, will co-found Discovery Loop, an independent public benefit corporation focused on advancing AI for science and engineering, alongside Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat. Google said it will invest in the new venture.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will also step back from day-to-day management to become chair of Google DeepMind, and he'll also take on a new posit...