Google appoints chief AI architect: What CEO Sundar Pichai said in internal memo

Google has reportedly restructured its leadership, appointing Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google DeepMind’s chief technology officer (CTO), as its new Chief AI Architect. With this newly-created appointment, Google aims to accelerate integrating artificial intelligence (AI) across its vast product ecosystem, with Kavukcuoglu reporting directly to company CEO Sundar Pichai.

According to a report by Semafor, Pichai sent an internal memo, outlining Kavukcuoglu’s appointment as Senior Vice President to “accelerate how we bring our world-leading models into our products, with the goal of more seamless integration, faster iteration, and greater efficiency.”