Google DeepMind 领导层大调整：Demis Hassabis 转任 Alphabet 首席科学家，Jeff Dean 离职创业

谷歌DeepMind正在进行重大领导层重组。Demis Hassabis将从日常运营中退下来，担任Alphabet首席科学家，而首席科学家Jeff Dean在工作27年后将离开公司，创办自己的人工智能公司。

Hassabis表示，此举将让他有更多时间专注于“整体大局”。在给员工的一条信息中：https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/#demis-hassabis，他将此描述为“人类历史上的一个关键时刻”。Hassabis表示，他一生都在致力于AGI，如今认为它“近在咫尺”。他此前曾将人类描述为“站在奇点的山脚下”。https://the-decoder.com/deepminds-hassabis-sees-humanity-in-the-foothills-of-the-singularity-while-lecun-says-current-ai-isnt-intelligent/

Hassabis将继续与谷歌CEO Sundar Pichai紧密合作，处理“战略和全球AGI事务”，同时为DeepMind团队提供建议。他将继续常驻公司伦敦总部，并投入更多时间于Alphabet的人工智能药物研发子公司Isomorphic Labs：https://the-decoder.com/alphabets-isomorphic-labs-raises-2-1-billion-to-scale-ai-drug-discovery-toward-clinical-trials/。Hassabis表示，“AI的首要应用应该是改善人类健康。”

Koray Kavukcuoglu将接管谷歌DeepMind的日常管理工作：https://the-decoder.com/google-builds-elite-team-to-close-the-coding-gap-with-anthropic/。他此前曾担任DeepMind首席技术官和谷歌首席AI架构师。作为谷歌DeepMind高级副总裁，Kavukcuoglu将直接向Pichai汇报，并负责监督Gemini模型开发、前沿AI研究、Gemini应用以及谷歌的AI开发者平台。

Kavukcuoglu 在 DeepMind 初期就加入了公司，并与 Hassabis 合作超过 13 年。Pichai 表示：https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/#sundar-pichai，Kavukcuoglu 建立了 DeepMind 的深度学习团队，并推动了诸如 WaveNet：https://the-decoder.com/how-ai-masters-the-art-of-speech-in-video-dubbing/ 和 DQN：https://huggingface.co/learn/deep-rl-course/en/unit3/deep-q-algorithm 等突破性成果。Hassabis 说他对 Kavukcuoglu 及其余领导团队“完全有信心”。

Google DeepMind 也将失去 Jeff Dean，这位公司历史上最有影响力的工程师之一。在 Google 工作了 27 年后，Dean 将与 Google 高级研究员 Sanjay Ghemawat 一起创办 Discovery Loop：https://www.discoveryloop.com/，这是一家计划通过自动化机器学习、科学和工程来加速科学发现的公益公司。广告

Discovery Loop 将最初重点关注大规模机器学习实验的自动化。创始人最终计划将同样的方法应用于广泛的科学和工程领域。Anthropic 和 OpenAI 也将更快、更自动化的科学研究纳入其更广泛的 AI 计划中。

Dean 和 Ghemawat 曾帮助构建 Google 早期的搜索基础设施，并在后来致力于神经网络研发，Pichai 的话说，这“帮助创造了现代 AI 时代”。Discovery Loop 的其他联合创始人包括 Oriol Vinyals：https://the-decoder.com/deepminds-hassabis-sees-humanity-in-the-foothills-of-the-singularity-while-lecun-says-current-ai-isnt-intelligent/ 和 Quoc Le，这两位也是 Google AI 的长期研究人员。Dean 表示，四位创始人合作时间从 14 年到 30 年不等。广告 DEC_D_Incontent-2

Radical Ventures 和 Khosla Ventures 领投种子轮投资，Lightspeed、Kleiner Perkins、Doerr Capital 和 Alphabet 也参与支持。该轮融资预计将在未来几周完成。Alphabet 将继续作为 Discovery Loop 的云合作伙伴，并计划与该初创公司合作开发机器学习系统和基础设施的研究框架。广告

Dean 在 X 上的公告：https://x.com/JeffDean/status/2085034604172603724 并未感谢谷歌，也没有提到他在公司的 27 年。知名科技高管离职通常会附上精心准备的告别声明，因此这一遗漏显得不寻常。这表明在谷歌面临日益增长的 AI 压力时，Dean 的离职可能还有更多原因，尤其是在编码领域，其最佳模型已落后于 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的模型。谷歌指望正在训练的 Gemini 4，这是一款“更大”的基础模型：https://the-decoder.com/google-ceo-pichai-says-geminis-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base-models/#google-bets-on-gemini-4-to-close-the-gap-with-frontier-rivals，来弥补这一差距。公司尚未公布发布日期。

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Google Deepmind is going through a major leadership overhaul. Demis Hassabis is stepping away from day-to-day operations to become Alphabet's Chief Scientist, while chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving the company after 27 years to start his own AI venture.

Hassabis said the move will give him more time to focus on "the big picture." In a message to employees：https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/#demis-hassabis, he described this as "a pivotal moment in human history." Hassabis said he has spent his life working toward AGI and now believes it is "close at hand." He previously described humanity as "standing in the foothills of the singularity."：https://the-decoder.com/deepminds-hassabis-sees-humanity-in-the-foothills-of-the-singularity-while-lecun-says-current-ai-isnt-intelligent/

Hassabis will continue to work closely with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on "strategic and global AGI matters" while advising Deepmind's teams. He will remain based at the company's London headquarters and also devote more time to Isomorphic Labs, Alphabet's AI drug discovery subsidiary：https://the-decoder.com/alphabets-isomorphic-labs-raises-2-1-billion-to-scale-ai-drug-discovery-toward-clinical-trials/. Hassabis has said that "the No. 1 application of AI should be to improve human health." Ad

Koray Kavukcuoglu will take over day-to-day management of Google Deepmind：https://the-decoder.com/google-builds-elite-team-to-close-the-coding-gap-with-anthropic/. He previously served as Deepmind's chief technology officer and Google's chief AI architect. As senior vice president of Google Deepmind, Kavukcuoglu will report directly to Pichai and oversee Gemini model development, frontier AI research, the Gemini app, and Google's AI developer platforms. Ad DEC_D_Incontent-1

Kavukcuoglu joined Deepmind in its early days and has worked with Hassabis for more than 13 years. Pichai said：https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/next-chapter-ai-momentum/#sundar-pichai Kavukcuoglu built Deepmind's deep learning team and helped drive breakthroughs such as WaveNet：https://the-decoder.com/how-ai-masters-the-art-of-speech-in-video-dubbing/ and DQN：https://huggingface.co/learn/deep-rl-course/en/unit3/deep-q-algorithm. Hassabis said he has "total confidence" in Kavukcuoglu and the rest of the leadership team.

Google DeepMind is also losing Jeff Dean, one of the most influential engineers in the company's history. After 27 years at Google, Dean is joining Google Senior Fellow Sanjay Ghemawat to launch Discovery Loop：https://www.discoveryloop.com/, a public benefit corporation that plans to automate machine learning, science, and engineering to speed up scientific discovery. Ad

Discovery Loop will initially focus on automating large-scale machine learning experiments. The founders eventually plan to apply the same approach across a wide range of scientific and engineering fields. Anthropic and OpenAI have also made faster, more automated scientific research part of their broader AI plans.

Dean and Ghemawat helped build Google's early search infrastructure and later worked on the neural networks that, in Pichai's words, "helped create the modern AI era." Discovery Loop's other co-founders are Oriol Vinyals：https://the-decoder.com/deepminds-hassabis-sees-humanity-in-the-foothills-of-the-singularity-while-lecun-says-current-ai-isnt-intelligent/ and Quoc Le, two other longtime Google AI researchers. Dean said the four founders have worked together for periods ranging from 14 to 30 years. Ad DEC_D_Incontent-2

Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures are leading the seed round, with backing from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Doerr Capital, and Alphabet. The round is expected to close in the coming weeks. Alphabet will remain involved as Discovery Loop's cloud partner and plans to work with the startup on a research framework for machine learning systems and infrastructure. Ad

Dean's announcement on X：https://x.com/JeffDean/status/2085034604172603724 doesn't thank Google or mention his 27 years at the company. Prominent tech departures usually come with carefully prepared farewell statements, making the omission unusual. It suggests there may be more to Dean's exit as Google faces mounting pressure in AI, particularly in coding, where its best models have fallen behind those from OpenAI and Anthropic. Google is counting on Gemini 4, a "much larger" foundation model：https://the-decoder.com/google-ceo-pichai-says-geminis-next-leap-depends-on-building-much-larger-base-models/#google-bets-on-gemini-4-to-close-the-gap-with-frontier-rivals now in training, to close that gap. The company hasn't announced a release date.

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