Google took back the A.I.C. to California and Koray took over Gemini

On August 6th, Google is concentrating its leadership on Mountview California. Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will be in charge of Google AI research and operations. Demis Hassabis, who no longer manages day-to-day operations, has been transferred as Chairman of DeepMind and lead scientist of Alphabet, and remains in London in charge of the long-term strategy. In 2023, after the merger of Google Brain and DeepMind, the core team remained separated from Hillview and London. Cross-continental management slows down decision-making, also dissatisfiing researchers from both regions. During the past year, key members, such as Gemini Program Manager Sebastian Borgeaud, moved from England to California. Google rushes to take power because Gemini's most powerful version has been postponed for months, and AI programming products lag behind Anthropic and OpenAI. The successive departures of core researchers, such as Jeff Dean, have further increased internal pressure。