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Demis Hassabis 即将卸任 Google DeepMind CEO 一职，转任该部门董事长。首席科学家 Jeff Dean 以及数位 Google AI 同事即将离职创办自己的公司，Google 将对其进行投资。
为何重要：Google 的 AI 组织正在经历深刻变革，因为该公司难以跟上 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的步伐。
大局观：这些举措是 Google 一系列离职与变动中的最新一例，近几个月来前沿 AI 模型一直在快速推进。
推动这一消息的背景：Hassabis 将兼任 Google 母公司 Alphabet 的首席科学家一职，同时继续领导 Isomorphic Labs，这是该公司从 AI 药物发现业务中分拆出来的公司。
- Google DeepMind 现任首席技术官 Koray Kavukcuoglu 将担任该部门的高级副总裁，向 CEO Sundar Pichai 汇报。
- 在 Google 工作了 27 年的资深员工 Dean 正在创办 Discovery Loop，这是一家独立的公益公司，Google 将成为其投资方和云服务提供商。与他一同投身这一事业的还有 Google 资深院士 Sanjay Ghemawat，以及 DeepMind 副总裁 Oriol Vinyals 和 Google Brain 联合创始人 Quoc Le。
关注资金动向：受此消息影响，Google 股价下跌超过 4%。
- 该股此前一路高歌猛进，较财报发布后的低点上涨了 13%。
他们怎么说：Google 试图对这些离职和人事变动做出正面解读，Hassabis、Pichai 和 Kavukcuoglu 都分享了语气乐观的内部备忘录。
Hassabis：“我一生都在朝着 AGI 努力，而现在，和你们中的许多人一样，我觉得它已近在咫尺，”Hassabis 写道。“我们共同把接下来的步骤走对至关重要，以确保这一切对人类而言顺利推进，并引领我们迈入一个充满发现与惊叹的不可思议的新时代。”
- “在这样的背景下，我决定现在是时候交出我在 GDM 的日常运营职责了，这样我就能有时间和空间去关注大局，并尽我所能帮助影响未来的走向。”
Pichai：“我们拥有出色的人才、世界级的算力，以及比任何其他公司都能将 AI 带给更多人的产品。”
- “我们必须加快所有这些工作，并持续聚焦于 AI 前沿。与此同时，塑造 AGI 与科学的未来，从未像现在这样重要。”
Kavukcuoglu：“对 Google DeepMind 而言，我们负责任地构建 AI 以造福人类的使命不会改变。我的首要关注点是确保我们拥有尽可能清晰的路径，在迈向 AGI 的过程中兑现我们雄心勃勃的 Gemini 路线图。在当今快速演变的格局中，我们必须以绝对的专注和速度来运作。”
放大来看：这一角色安排使 Hassabis 能够更专注地投入 AI 发展中的科学层面。
- Hassabis 在 AlphaFold 上所做的预测蛋白质三维结构的工作，帮助他和共同负责人 John Jumper 在 2024 年赢得了诺贝尔奖。
拉远来看：在接受《纽约时报》采访时，Dean 表示，离开 Google 这家上市公司，让他有更大的空间去专注于与 AI 相关的科学发现。
- “我们可能会做出未必符合公司纯粹财务利益的决策，”他对《纽约时报》表示。
我们正在关注的是：这一变动发生在 Google DeepMind 员工强烈反对以及多位知名人才离职之后。
- Google 的 Gemini 3.5 Pro 已落后数月，一些公司消息人士向 Axios 透露，部分原因是士气低落。
- 包括 Gemini 联合负责人在内的多位顶尖研究员已离开该公司，转投竞争对手的 AI 实验室。
本文已更新，补充了各处的详细信息。
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Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman. Chief scientist Jeff Dean and several Google AI colleagues are leaving to start their own company, which Google will invest in.
Why it matters: Google's AI organization is undergoing a profound change as the company struggles to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic.
The big picture: The moves are the latest in a series of departures and shifts at Google as frontier AI models have been advancing rapidly in recent months.
Driving the news: Hassabis will add the title of chief scientist for Google parent company Alphabet and also continue to lead Isomorphic Labs, the company's AI drug discovery spinoff.
- Koray Kavukcuoglu, the current chief technology officer of Google DeepMind will serve as senior VP of the unit, reporting to CEO Sundar Pichai.
- Dean, a 27-year Google veteran is starting Discovery Loop, an independent public benefit corporation in which Google will be an investor and cloud provider. Joining him in that effort are Google senior fellow Sanjay Ghemawat as well as Oriol Vinyals, a DeepMind VP and Quoc Le, a Google Brain co-founder.
Follow the money: Google's stock fell over 4% on the news.
- The stock had been on a tear, rallying 13% from a post-earnings report low.
What they're saying: Google aimed to put a positive spin on the exits and shifts, with Hassabis, Pichai and Kavukcuoglu all sharing upbeat memos.
Hassabis: "I've been working towards AGI my whole life and now, like many of you, I feel it is close at hand," Hassabis wrote. "It's critical that we collectively get the next steps right to ensure this all goes well for humanity and we usher in an incredible new age of discovery and wonder."
- "With this backdrop, I've decided that now is the right time for me to hand over my day-to-day operational responsibilities at GDM, so that I have the time and space to focus on the big picture and help influence what is to come to the best of my ability"
Pichai: "We've got amazing talent, world-class compute, and products that bring AI to more people than any other company."
- "We have to accelerate all this work and stay focused on the AI frontier. At the same time, there's never been a more important moment to shape the future of AGI and science."
Kavukcuoglu: "For Google DeepMind, our mission to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity does not change. My primary focus is ensuring we have the clearest possible path to delivering on our ambitious Gemini roadmap as we progress toward AGI. In today's rapidly evolving landscape, we must operate with absolute intention and velocity."
Zoom in: The role positions Hassabis to focus more keenly on the scientific aspects of AI development.
- The work Hassabis did on AlphaFold to predict 3D structures of proteins helped him and co-lead John Jumper win a Nobel prize in 2024.
Zoom out: In an interview with The New York Times, Dean indicated that leaving Google, a public company, gives him more leeway to focus on scientific discoveries associated with AI as well.
- "We might make decisions that are not necessarily in the company's purist financial interests," he told NYT.
What we're watching: The change comes after a groundswell of pushback from Google DeepMind employees and several high profile talent exits.
- Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro is months behind, with some company sources telling Axios that's in part due to low morale.
- Several top researchers, including Gemini's co-lead, have left the firm for competing AI labs.
This story has been updated with details throughout.
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