BlockBeats News, August 13th, according to sources cited by Reuters, Google's parent company Alphabet is undergoing a large-scale leadership restructuring at Google DeepMind, with part of the team transitioning from DeepMind to the Google corporate structure, further diminishing DeepMind's autonomy.

Sources said Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been urging core AI employees to "fully commit" to the Gemini model in recent months and has been promoting AI research directions such as "recursive self-improvement." Following this adjustment, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will transition to the role of chairman, with his deputy Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over leadership responsibilities. Google has stated that Kavukcuoglu will have final decision-making power on major decisions regarding DeepMind.

Sources said that due to internal tests showing that the new version of the Gemini flagship model still lags behind competitors in areas such as programming, Google has postponed the release by two months. Analysts believe that Alphabet's restructuring this time is aimed at accelerating the commercialization of AI and reclaiming a competitive advantage in models. However, some employees are concerned that DeepMind's long-term research autonomy may be further diminished.