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Google's AI reshuffle: Chief scientist exits and Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO
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1:25Now PlayingGoogle’s AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years.
Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, is moving into a chairman role of that unit and also assuming the title chief scientist of parent company Alphabet, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai that was posted to Google's blog.
CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos has the details.
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