Google veteran Jeff Dean takes over as company's AI chief

Programmer Jeff Dean was one of Google's earliest employees, and is credited with helping to create some of the fundamental technologies that powered the tech giant's rise in the early 2000s. Now he's been put in charge of Google's future -- taking over as head of the company's artificial intelligence unit. The move is part of a reshuffle at Google, first reported by The Information and confirmed by CNBC, that's seems designed to push AI into more of the company's products. Previously, AI product development was overseen along with search by senior vice president of engineering, John Giannandrea . Now, this role is being split into two, with Dean taking over AI, and Ben Gomes leading the development of search.