Google Consolidates Teams With Aim to Create AI Products Faster
- Research group moved under flagship science unit DeepMind
- CEO alludes to employee protest over AI contract with Israel
Google framed the reorganization as necessary to more sharply focus on launching AI tools and services.
Photographer: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty ImagesThis article is for subscribers only.
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai announced changes to Google’s workplace teams structure, saying the moves will help the company develop artificial intelligence products and services faster and more efficiently.
In a note to employees, also published Thursday in a blog post, Pichai said the models, research and responsible AI teams would be consolidated under the company’s flagship artificial intelligence division, Google DeepMind.