{"aiVersion":"1","content":{"id":"cmsgtbbkg00045onu363g11n3","slug":"big-changes-at-google-s-ai-labs-20260806","title":"Big Changes at Google's AI Labs","level":"EASY","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T01:03:31.175Z"},"topic":{"slug":"big-changes-at-google-s-ai-labs-20260806","category":"technology"},"article":{"paragraphs":["Google changed its AI leadership on August 5, 2026. Demis Hassabis, a British scientist who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on protein prediction, left his day-to-day CEO job and became chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet.","At the same time, several top AI researchers left Google to start a new company called Discovery Loop. Koray Kavukcuoglu will run Google DeepMind day to day. The news also said Google will invest in the new startup and support it with cloud services."],"wordCount":87,"readTime":1},"vocabulary":[{"word":"chair","example":"She is the chair of the research team.","phonetic":"/tʃeər/","definition":"a person who leads a group or organization"},{"word":"researcher","example":"The researcher wrote a report about the experiment.","phonetic":"/rɪˈsɜːr.tʃər/","definition":"someone who studies a subject to find facts"},{"word":"startup","example":"They joined a tech startup in the city.","phonetic":"/ˈstɑːrt.ʌp/","definition":"a new small company that has just started"}],"quiz":[{"answer":"Demis Hassabis","question":"Who moved to a new role?"},{"answer":"Discovery Loop","question":"What is the new company started by top researchers?"},{"answer":"Koray Kavukcuoglu","question":"Who will run Google DeepMind day to day?"}],"discussion":[{"question":"Do you follow news about new technology companies? Why or why not?"},{"question":"Have you ever worked with a small team or startup? What was it like?"},{"question":"What do you think about a leader focusing on research instead of daily tasks?"}]}