Does Google even want to win at AI?
The Verge 2 months ago 38 ● 3 sources
Google reorganized DeepMind’s leadership, with Jeff Dean leaving to start a new lab and Demis Hassabis stepping aside, prompting debate about whether Google is slipping in frontier AI. The interview focuses on Gemini work that emphasizes “3.5” class models that have fallen on leaderboards. As researchers shift away from long-term work toward product-focused efforts, the story suggests Google may keep catching up rather than repeatedly taking the lead in state-of-the-art models.