Google just moved 90 people out of DeepMind, and staff are asking why

Google is moving its roughly 90-person AI responsibility team out of Google DeepMind as part of a wider reorganisation at the company, according to an internal email viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Reportedly starting in September, the team will move to Google’s global affairs organisation, which handles lobbying and public policy. The change comes as Google is bringing DeepMind more closely into the wider company structure. The move has raised concerns among some employees about whether the team will continue to have enough access to DeepMind’s AI research.Google DeepMind AI responsibility team to move in SeptemberThe AI responsibility unit, which has about 90 employees, is expected to join Google’s global affairs organisation at the beginning of September. The team is led by Helen King, a vice president at Google DeepMind.