Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind to become the unit's chairman. Chief scientist Jeff Dean and several colleagues are leaving to establish a new company, with Google providing investment support.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced changes within Google DeepMind, including new roles for Demis Hassabis and Koray Kavukcuoglu. Pichai emphasized the company's progress in delivering a comprehensive AI stack, highlighting its talent, computing power, and widespread AI product offerings.

John Jumper, a prominent scientist at Google DeepMind, will be leaving the company to join Anthropic. His move is part of a broader trend of talent migration within the AI industry.

A bit of news: After nearly 9 years, I have decided to leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic (after taking some time to recharge). I am incredibly grateful for my time at GDM. @demishassabis took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD, and the entire GDM team taught me so much about how to do great science. GDM is a special place, and I’ll still ...

New AI-powered capabilities are being developed to enhance the functionality of the mouse pointer, allowing it to understand both what it is pointing at and its significance to the user. This initiative aims to create more seamless and intuitive collaboration with AI technologies.

Isomorphic Lab has developed a proprietary drug-discovery model, marking a significant advancement in the field. This new AI, referred to as "AlphaFold 4," has garnered attention from scientists for its capabilities.

Google DeepMind and Kaggle launched Game Arena, a public benchmarking platform for AI models to compete in strategic games, starting with chess. The platform aims to develop AI capable of making decisions in environments with incomplete information.