TOI Tech Desk writes that Google is moving its roughly 90-person AI responsibility team out of Google DeepMind and into Google's global affairs organisation (which handles lobbying and public policy), effective in September, as part of a broader reorganisation pulling DeepMind into a central "product area" structure. Team leader Helen King, a VP at DeepMind, told employees in an internal email that the team would retain access to DeepMind researchers, computing resources, and head count, though some staff worry the relocation could weaken their ability to independently assess emerging risks from frontier model development.
- The team tests Google's models for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks, and studies the psychological effects of chatbot interactions on users
- King noted that Demis Hassabis "still cares a lot about Responsible AI and is still planning to be involved"
- HR and policy groups are also being moved out of DeepMind into central Google as part of the same restructuring
- Google framed the move as consolidating AI safety work across the company to better inform safety for models and products
- The team tests Google's models for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks, and studies the psychological effects of chatbot interactions on users
- King noted that Demis Hassabis "still cares a lot about Responsible AI and is still planning to be involved"
- HR and policy groups are also being moved out of DeepMind into central Google as part of the same restructuring
- Google framed the move as consolidating AI safety work across the company to better inform safety for models and products
