Google’s DeepMind Shakeup Weakens UK Bid to Stay in AI Race
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With Demis Hassabis no longer running a major AI org from the UK, the country loses a symbolic and practical anchor for frontier research leadership. If you’re building in the UK, assume talent, capital, and policy gravity will lean even harder toward US hubs and plan your hiring and partnership footprint accordingly.
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