TECH - Google's DeepMind to Lead Unified AI Charge as Company Seeks to Outpace Microsoft | Benzinga
Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, has announced a significant restructuring of the company's leadership and operational divisions to accelerate its artificial intelligence (AI) development.
This move is in response to criticisms that the company is lagging behind competitors like Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT).
The reorganization will see all AI-related teams, including the development of the Gemini chatbot, consolidated under the DeepMind division led by Demis Hassabis.
This consolidation encompasses research, model development, computing resources, and regulatory compliance teams, the Financial Times reported.
In a communication to employees, later shared in a blog post, Pichai detailed the consolidation of models, research, and responsible AI teams under Google DeepMind, the company's premier AI division.
The move aims to unify efforts on Google's AI models, Gemini and Gemma, by combining resources from Google ...