Google CEO Sundar Pichai elevates Demis Hassabis to chair and chief scientist of Google DeepMind

According to The Verge, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Demis Hassabis transitioning from DeepMind leader to chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet while maintaining leadership of Isomorphic Labs, the company's drug-discovery unit using AI for pharmaceutical research.

Update (2026-08-07): According to TechCrunch and The Verge, Google announced major AI leadership changes with Demis Hassabis moving from DeepMind CEO to chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet chief scientist, while veteran executive Jeff Dean and other top Google AI researchers are leaving to launch Discovery Loop. The restructuring marks significant lead...