Refinitiv sources say ALPHABET is executing a major leadership reshuffle at Google DeepMind, moving some teams into Google’s corporate structure and reducing DeepMind’s autonomy. Google co‑founder Sergey Brin has in recent months pushed core AI staff to focus on GEMINI and on research into recursive self‑improvement. Demis Hassabis will become chairman; his deputy Koray Kavukcuoglu will assume operational leadership and will have final authority on major DeepMind decisions. Internal tests report

Refinitiv sources say ALPHABET is executing a major leadership reshuffle at Google DeepMind, moving some teams into Google’s corporate structure and reducing DeepMind’s autonomy. Google co‑founder Sergey Brin has in recent months pushed core AI staff to focus on GEMINI and on research into recursive self‑improvement. Demis Hassabis will become chairman; his deputy Koray Kavukcuoglu will assume operational leadership and will have final authority on major DeepMind decisions. Internal tests reportedly show the new flagship GEMINI model still trails rivals in programming and other tasks, prompting a roughly two‑month delay to its planned release. Analysts say the reorganisation aims to speed AI commercialisation and regain model competitiveness; some employees warn it may further erode DeepMind’s long‑term research independence.