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Peter Diamandis claims Hassabis will step down as Google DeepMind CEO

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published August 9, 2026 · Peter Diamandis · Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems
Peter Diamandis claims Hassabis will step down as Google DeepMind CEO
Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems

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"Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Deep Mind, Nobel Prize winner for Alphafold, the person who built the lab that cracked protein folding and built Gemini is stepping down as CEO of Google Mind. Uh he's becoming chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist."

Peter Diamandis says Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind, becoming chairman and Alphabet’s chief scientist, with day-to-day operations moving to a new leader reporting to Sundar Pichai. He also says Hassabis told staff that AGI is “close at hand” and mentioned an unreleased “Gemini 4”.

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