To accelerate the pace of AI development, Google is further streamlining the teams that build AI services, platforms, and tools.
Logan Kilpatrick, head of product for Google's AI Studio developer platform, said Thursday in a post to He said he would move to .
Google DeepMind, formed in 2023 by the merger of Google's DeepMind team and Google Research's Google Brain team, is the AI research and development arm behind many of Google's recent AI product innovations, including Gemini.
“This move allows us to further strengthen our already close collaboration and accelerate research into our developer pipeline,” Kilpatrick wrote in the post. “Our team's mission remains the same.”
Jaana Dogan, an engineer on one of the teams migrating to Google DeepMind, said in a post on X that the reorganization will “help bring DeepMind's work to the public in the following ways.” [weren’t] It used to be possible. ”
“Better APIs, more open source, more tools, you name it…that's just a taste of what's coming next,” she wrote.
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Google integrated its development-focused AI team into the Google DeepMind organization after the company moved its Gemini-powered chatbot (also known as Gemini) team to DeepMind. At the time, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the reorganization was aimed at “continuing to accelerate the pace of progress” in Google's AI development.
Google has also moved its modeling, research, and responsible AI teams to DeepMind in recent months.
In audio from a Google all-hands meeting in December obtained by CNBC, Pichai said the company's Gemini chatbot has “strong momentum,” while also “closing the gap by 2025 and taking a leadership position there.” There are some things that need to be done to establish this.” good. “
“Expanding Gemini on the consumer side will be our biggest focus.” [in 2025]'' Pichai said. “I think it’s really important to really recognize the urgency of this moment. [the] As a company, we need to move faster. The stakes are high. ”