An observer says they have never seen Hassabis physically present in the Gemini office area.
“I can’t say that I’ve ever seen Demis walk around the office in the Gemini area.”
Someone says Hassabis is present across London and Mountain View timezones with frequent office visits to both locations.
“present and covers both London and Mountain View timezones. He’s frequently in the London office, where he is based, and makes regular visits to the Mountain View office.”
Hassabis says he wants time to focus on strategic direction and influence future developments.
“time and space to focus on the big picture and help influence what is to come to the best of my ability.”
A source says Hassabis is not an inspiring leader compared to Dario Amodei and is known but rarely seen.
“Demis isn’t a very inspiring leader. Certainly not the way people talk about Dario [Amodei]…Demis is more of a guy who is known but not seen.”
Industry sources claim Hassabis planned to leave Google alongside Dean and management worried about stock impact.
“industry sources believe Hassabis intended to exit alongside Dean, and that Google management feared the twin departure would gut the share price.”