********Google founders Brin/Page step down, Pichai full CEO of Alphabet/Google amid reorgs [climaxing]********
Key Questions
Who are stepping down from leadership roles at Google?
Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are leaving their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of both Google and Alphabet.
What is Sundar Pichai's new role following the leadership changes?
Sundar Pichai assumes the role of CEO for both Google and Alphabet. This follows the departure of Brin and Page from their leadership positions.
Why are DeepMind workers voting to unionize?
Staff at Google’s AI research lab DeepMind have voted to unionize due to concerns over the company’s ties to the Pentagon AI deal and ethics issues. This aligns with recent stealth cuts of 1.5k-3k engineers and manager delayering.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page stepping down from leadership roles; Sundar Pichai assumes CEO of both Google and Alphabet. EMEA boss exits after 10 years. DeepMind workers vote to unionize over Pentagon AI deal/ethics rifts; aligns with stealth 1.5k-3k eng cuts, mgr delayering.