Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind, will step down as Senior Vice President and be succeeded by Koray Kavukcuoglu, who will report directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Kavukcuoglu previously served as DeepMind's CTO and Google's Chief AI Architect. This personnel change is interpreted by the market as a signal of Google's AI business shifting from "research-driven" to "product execution." The new head's primary challenges include the delayed release of the flagship model Gemini 3.5 Pro (due to the need for further improvement in programming capabilities) and the continuous outflow of high-end talent from the AI team. Bloomberg previously reported that the delayed release of Gemini 3.5 Pro led to a drop in the stock price of Google's parent company, Alphabet, in July.