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Monday, September 14, 2026
AI Lately

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Demis Hassabis

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In the archive

  • Hiring & Talent

    Google DeepMind's Retention Playbook

    A $2.4 billion Windsurf acquihire, Koray Kavukcuoglu's promotion and Demis Hassabis's step-back from chief executive trace how Google answered an exodus that sent Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer toward rivals.

  • Frontier Models

    Gemini's Momentum

    Gemini 3 Pro's November 2025 launch and a Search overhaul unveiled at Google I/O 2026 built the product momentum Demis Hassabis's research organization needed, even as Jeff Dean led three senior colleagues out the door to found a rival science venture.

  • Safety & Security

    The Signal Brief: Monday's Manifesto, Market Rout, and the Guardrails Clash

    Dario Amodei's weekend essay calling for AI to pace its own frontier won rival endorsements within hours, erased tens of billions in market value, and collided with a White House that brands safety guardrails a conspiracy.

  • Safety & Security

    The Caution Cartel: How Four Rival AI Chiefs Agreed to Brake Together

    Dario Amodei's essay calling for a deliberate AI slowdown won public backing from Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis within a day, turning four competitors into a coordinated bloc that markets, Congress and the White House are still struggling to answer.