The Download: Google's AI shake-up and Meta's rogue model
Plus: Meta has become the latest firm to say its AI hacked another company. Google's AI empire is being reshaped. After a wave of painful losses in the tech talent wars, delays to its next flagship model, and murmurings of poor morale, Google has announced a major shake-up to its AI operations. Here's a quick rundown of what's happened and why it matters. DeepMind will now be led by CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu, under the title of senior vice-president. DeepMind may be absorbed into Google's wider business Google is expected to tighten its control over the AI lab, which it acquired 12 years ago.
Aug-6-2026, 12:10:00 GMT
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