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Google’s new AI boss inherits a race to catch OpenAI and Anthropic
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Koray Kavukcuoglu became head of Google DeepMind. Google DeepMind develops the Gemini AI model, which competes with OpenAI's models and Anthropic's Claude.
Original reporting: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/google-deepmind-koray-kavukcuoglu.html