Google's new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic
Koray Kavukcuoglu has been appointed head of DeepMind, Google's AI unit, reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai. He will oversee Gemini model development, frontier AI research, and the Gemini app and developer teams as Google works to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Why it matters — A change in leadership at DeepMind could influence Google's competitive position in the AI race, which is central to its growth strategy.