Hassabis shifts from DeepMind CEO to chairman as chief scientist role created
Google DeepMind’s flagship Gemini upgrade stays unreleased despite a planned June launch, raising investor and industry concerns that Google is falling behind rivals after OpenAI and Anthropic recruited key Google AI staff. In a memo, Demis Hassabis becomes Alphabet chief scientist and transitions from DeepMind CEO to chairman, while also serving as senior vice president and chief AI architect and citing progress on Gemini 4.1.