Google restructures DeepMind, Hassabis becomes Alphabet's chief scientist

Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced a restructuring of its AI unit DeepMind. Demis Hassabis steps down as CEO to become chairman and chief scientist at Alphabet, focusing on AGI strategy and scientific applications. Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Jumper and David Baker for AlphaFold's breakthrough in protein structure prediction.