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Koray Kavukcuoglu is transitioning to a chairman role at Google DeepMind, taking over responsibilities from Demis Hassabis, and launching a new startup.
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What happened
Koray Kavukcuoglu is transitioning to a chairman role at Google DeepMind, taking over responsibilities from Demis Hassabis, and launching a new startup.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Koray Kavukcuoglu has been appointed SVP at Google DeepMind, taking over leadership responsibilities from Demis Hassabis, and has left the company after 27 years.Sub-event
Koray Kavukcuoglu steps down from DeepMind leadership to launch a new venture.1 source
Hassabis steps down from day-to-day leadership at DeepMind; new SVP appointed and public-benefit corp launched.1 source
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The entities involved
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Koray Kavukcuoglu
Turkish machine learning scientist (born 2000)
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Google DeepMind
artificial intelligence company owned by Google
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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