Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

Google DeepMind 人事变动：Demis Hassabis 转任主席，Jeff Dean 离职

Editor’s note: Today, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared some changes with Google DeepMind teams, including new roles for Demis Hassabis and Koray Kavukcuoglu. Below are the messages Sundar and Demis sent to employees. 编者按： 今日，Google 和 Alphabet 首席执行官 Sundar Pichai 向 Google DeepMind 团队宣布了一些人事变动，包括 Demis Hassabis 和 Koray Kavukcuoglu 的新职位。以下是 Sundar 和 Demis 发给员工的内部信。

Message from Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai 的致辞

We’ve made extraordinary progress to deliver on our full AI stack. We’ve got amazing talent, world-class compute, and products that bring AI to more people than any other company. And you saw the incredible momentum at earnings across all our businesses, including Search, YouTube, and Cloud. Our Gemini models are in high demand among developers and businesses, and the Gemini app reached 950M+ monthly users. Meanwhile, our AI research continues to drive field-defining breakthroughs (like last week’s Gemini Robotics advances). 我们在交付全栈 AI 能力方面取得了非凡的进展。我们拥有顶尖的人才、世界级的算力，以及将 AI 带给比任何其他公司更多用户的产品。在财报中，大家也看到了我们所有业务（包括搜索、YouTube 和云服务）的强劲势头。我们的 Gemini 模型在开发者和企业中需求旺盛，Gemini 应用的月活跃用户已超过 9.5 亿。与此同时，我们的 AI 研究持续推动着行业性的突破（例如上周 Gemini 机器人的进展）。

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. Today Demis, Koray and I are sharing a few changes to our Google DeepMind teams that will enable us to do both. 我们必须加速所有这些工作，并保持对 AI 前沿的专注。同时，现在是塑造 AGI（通用人工智能）和科学未来的关键时刻。今天，Demis、Koray 和我将分享 Google DeepMind 团队的一些变动，这将使我们能够兼顾这两方面。

AGI and science: Demis has described us as standing in the foothills of the singularity, and has been spending a lot of his time engaging externally. He and I have been long discussing a role that allows him to put his full attention on actively shaping the future of AGI. It’s work that is vitally important to Alphabet and humanity, and I can’t imagine a better person than Demis to do it. So, moving forward, Demis will become the Chair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. He’ll remain closely connected to Koray, Josh, and our GDM teams, advising across models and research. I’m so excited for Demis — this is truly his life’s work and purpose. 关于 AGI 和科学：Demis 曾形容我们正站在奇点（singularity）的山脚下，他一直投入大量时间进行外部交流。他和我长期以来一直在讨论一个职位，让他能全身心投入到积极塑造 AGI 的未来中。这项工作对 Alphabet 和全人类都至关重要，我想不出比 Demis 更合适的人选。因此，未来 Demis 将担任 GDM（Google DeepMind）主席和 Alphabet 首席科学家，同时继续领导 Isomorphic Labs。他将继续与 Koray、Josh 以及我们的 GDM 团队保持密切联系，为模型和研究提供建议。我为 Demis 感到高兴——这确实是他毕生的事业和目标。

Google DeepMind: We are building strong momentum: Flash is in high demand, our Cyber model is live, and Gemma models have surpassed 900M+ downloads. We are committed to being at the frontier, and are super focused on the areas where we need to improve. I’m really excited for our upcoming model releases and the progress we’re seeing. We have to continue to move fast and with clear purpose here. Koray, the current Chief Technology Officer of GDM and our Chief AI Architect, will step up as SVP of Google DeepMind, reporting to me. He will oversee Gemini model development, Frontier AI research, and the Gemini app and developer teams. Koray has been at DeepMind since its early days, and over his 13 years there, he has started our deep learning team and led the way on breakthroughs like WaveNet and DQN. I look forward to seeing him lead GDM into this next chapter. 关于 Google DeepMind：我们正建立强大的势头：Flash 模型需求旺盛，我们的 Cyber 模型已经上线，Gemma 模型的下载量已超过 9 亿次。我们致力于保持在前沿，并高度关注需要改进的领域。我对即将发布的模型和我们所看到的进展感到非常兴奋。我们必须继续保持快速行动，并明确目标。现任 GDM 首席技术官兼首席 AI 架构师的 Koray 将升任 Google DeepMind 高级副总裁（SVP），直接向我汇报。他将负责 Gemini 模型开发、前沿 AI 研究以及 Gemini 应用和开发者团队。Koray 在 DeepMind 早期就加入了，在过去的 13 年里，他组建了我们的深度学习团队，并引领了 WaveNet 和 DQN 等突破性进展。我期待看到他带领 GDM 进入下一个篇章。

Lastly, after an incredible 27-year run, Jeff Dean is at a moment where he wants to try something new, and we’re excited to support him in that. Jeff and Google Senior Fellow Sanjay Ghemawat are launching an independent public benefit corporation to accelerate discoveries in ML, science, and engineering. Jeff and Sanjay helped to drive some of the most significant technology transitions, from our early search infrastructure to the neural networks that helped create the modern AI era. On a personal note, it’s been a privilege to work alongside Jeff and Sanjay, and I wish them all the best! We’ll continue to work with them as a founding investor and Cloud partner, and collaborate on a research framework for ML systems and related infrastructure advances. 最后，在经历了令人难以置信的 27 年职业生涯后，Jeff Dean 希望尝试一些新的事物，我们很高兴支持他。Jeff 和 Google 高级研究员 Sanjay Ghemawat 将成立一家独立的公益公司，以加速机器学习、科学和工程领域的发现。Jeff 和 Sanjay 推动了一些最重要的技术转型，从我们早期的搜索基础设施到助力开启现代 AI 时代的神经网络。就我个人而言，能与 Jeff 和 Sanjay 共事是我的荣幸，我祝愿他们一切顺利！我们将作为创始投资者和云合作伙伴继续与他们合作，并在机器学习系统和相关基础设施的研究框架上进行协作。

Message from Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis 的致辞

Hi Team, We have arrived at a pivotal moment in human history. I’ve been working towards AGI my whole life and now, like many of you, I feel it is close at hand. 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. 团队大家好，我们正处于人类历史的关键时刻。我毕生致力于实现 AGI，现在，和你们许多人一样，我觉得它已近在咫尺。至关重要的是，我们必须共同走好接下来的每一步，以确保这一切对人类有益，并引领我们进入一个充满发现与奇迹的不可思议的新时代。

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. I will be taking on a new strategic role as Chair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, and I’m excited to announce that Koray will be stepping up to lead GDM as SVP of Google DeepMind, in addition to his role as Chief AI Architect of Google. 在此背景下，我决定现在是时候交出我在 GDM 的日常运营职责，以便我有时间和空间专注于大局，并尽我所能影响未来的发展。我将担任 GDM 主席和 Alphabet 首席科学家这一新的战略角色。我很高兴地宣布，Koray 将在担任 Google 首席 AI 架构师的同时，升任 Google DeepMind 高级副总裁，领导 GDM。

Koray and I have been working together for over 13 years, since the early days of DeepMind. He is one of the world’s foremost AI experts and has been championing GDM’s mission from day one. I have total confidence in Koray, Josh, and the rest of the GDM exec team as they continue to spearhead the latest AI developments across Google. The Gemini models are in good hands with Koray and the leads, as they have been for a while, and I’m excited about the great progress we’re making with our new models including Gemini 4. 我和 Koray 已经共事超过 13 年，从 DeepMind 早期就开始了。他是世界上最顶尖的 AI 专家之一，从第一天起就一直捍卫着 GDM 的使命。我对 Koray、Josh 以及 GDM 其他高管团队充满信心，他们将继续引领 Google 最新的 AI 发展。Gemini 模型在 Koray 和各位负责人的手中非常安全（正如过去一段时间一样），我对我们包括 Gemini 4 在内的新模型所取得的巨大进展感到兴奋。

In my new role, I will continue to work closely with Sundar on strategic and global AGI matters, and to advise Koray, Josh, and the GDM leads, from our awesome new London Platform 37 offices. As part of this transition, I’ll also be leaning into my role at Isomorphic, where we are making extremely rapid and promising progress, to accelerate our mission there even faster. As you’ve heard me say many times, I’ve always believed the No.1 application of AI should be to improve human health. It’s time for AI to prove its unequivocal value to the world, and what better way to demonstrate that than to help finally cure diseases like cancer. 在我的新职位上，我将继续与 Sundar 在战略和全球 AGI 事宜上密切合作，并从我们位于伦敦 Platform 37 的新办公室为 Koray、Josh 和 GDM 的负责人提供建议。作为此次转型的一部分，我还将投入更多精力在 Isomorphic 的角色上，我们在那里取得了极其迅速且充满希望的进展，以进一步加速我们的使命。正如你们多次听我所说，我一直认为 AI 的首要应用应该是改善人类健康。现在是 AI 向世界证明其明确价值的时候了，还有什么比帮助最终治愈癌症等疾病更好的证明方式呢？