Google’s New AI Chief Inherits a Race to Catch OpenAI and Anthropic The appointment of Koray Kavukcuoglu as the new head of DeepMind marks a significant turning point in Google's quest for dominance in artificial intelligence.
With OpenAI and Anthropic pulling ahead with their cutting edge models, Google's lackluster performance has raised eyebrows among industry observers.
Kavukcuoglu succeeds Demis Hassabis, who stepped down as CEO but will remain chair of the organization. Hassabis' tenure was marked by significant advancements in areas such as multi modal AI and health research.